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New York (AFP) - The dazzling rise of the US dollar, which has hit one record after another, is raising fears of a currency crash of a severity not seen since the 1997 Asian financial crisis reverberated around the world. The Federal Reserve's rapid, steep interest rate increases and the relative health of the US economy has caused investors to flood into the dollar, driving the greenback up and sending the British pound, Indian rupee, Egyptian pound and South Korean won and others to uncharted depths. "The moves are definitely getting extreme," said Brad Bechtel of Jefferies, warning that th...
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New York (AFP) - The rapid rise of the US dollar since the start of the year is a double-edged sword for American multinational companies, pushing some of them to decide whether to hedge or reposition their activities abroad to avoid fallout. For an importer, the surge in the greenback against the euro, yen or British pound is a plus, because it makes the products they buy cheaper. But for a US export company, products sold in dollars have become more expensive, which increases the risk of losing clients and seeing sales decline. And they also lose money when converting foreign revenue back i...
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Washington (AFP) - First he loved them, then he doubted them, but is he manipulating them? Tesla boss Elon Musk's tweets about cryptocurrencies like bitcoin are annoying their devotees and raising eyebrows among market watchers. The saga started in February when Musk's company Tesla announced it would buy $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin and later said it would accept the virtual currency as payment for its electric cars. But in mid-May, he broke hearts with tweets questioning the digital asset, particularly its vast consumption of electricity produced from polluting substances like coal. That s...
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London (AFP) - Bitcoin tumbled Tuesday from its record-breaking run after US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that the "highly speculative" unit could be used for "illicit" purposes. At about 1500 GMT, the digital currency slid 12.57 percent to $47,946, while rival ethereum declined 15 percent to $1,539. Tesla boss Elon Musk -- whose company has invested heavily in bitcoin -- tweeted Saturday that the prices of both cryptocurrencies "seem high". Yellen hit out Monday over bitcoin, claiming it was inefficient and required a vast amount of energy -- and she expressed fear it was used for "...
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