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Dollar sinks after US Fed cut interest rates to battle Coronavirus

In a statement, the central bank said it was cutting rates by a half percentage point to a target range of 1.00 per cent to 1.25 per cent

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The dollar index, which measures the greenback's strength against a basket of six other major currencies, was 0.555 per cent lower at 96.991.

Reuters New York
The US dollar fell across the board after the U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates on Tuesday in an emergency move designed to shield the world's largest economy from the impact of the coronavirus.

In a statement, the central bank said it was cutting rates by a half percentage point to a target range of 1.00 per cent to 1.25 per cent.

"The fundamentals of the US economy remain strong.

However, the coronavirus poses evolving risks to economic activity. In light of these risks and in support of achieving its maximum employment and price stability goals, the Federal Open Market Committee decided today