The dollar ended directionless against almost all currencies, except for the pound, which appreciated by +0.45% to 1.2280.
This gap was enough to give the greenback a slightly bearish bias: the Dollar-Index fell by -0.15% to 105.70.

Against the Euro, the $ is virtually unchanged (-0.1% at 1.0700), but it is gaining +0.15% against the Yen, which is down -0.15% at 151.6 (a new all-time low against the $).

The Dollar is showing remarkable resilience in the wake of Moody's decision to downgrade the US credit rating to 'Aaa' with a negative outlook (the next downgrade would take the rating to 'AA').

And the US debt rating wasn't the only worry that might have preoccupied holders of greenbacks: there was also the risk of a shutdown if the ceiling on federal spending wasn't raised.

But since this is an annual soap opera that has been going on for decades (the Clinton era, before 2000) and always ends with the vote of an 'extension' of tens or hundreds of billions of dollars, Wall Street is hardly worried.

If the "macro" calendar was deserted on Monday, the week promises to be rich in "macro" data of the 1st importance, with notably the latest inflation figures in the United States, but also retail sales and new data on the real estate sector across the Atlantic.

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