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Dollar falls after weaker-than-expected inflation data

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Prices have not changed consumers Americans on a monthly basis in July, due to a sharp fall in the cost of benzenewhich provides the first tangible gesture to calm the dread of Americans who have experienced leaps in the inflation Over the past two years.

Economists have surveyed "Reuters" Their opinions had expected a 0.2 percent increase in the monthly consumer price index, following a nearly 20 percent drop in the cost of gasoline.

The dollar index, which measures the value of the greenback against a basket of currencies, fell 1.025 percent to 105.26 in the late trading session.

The dollar fell 1.58 percent to 132.97 yen, after briefly dropping as much as 2.3 percent against the Japanese currency, its biggest decline since March 2020.

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Prices have not changed consumers Americans on a monthly basis in July, due to a sharp fall in the cost of benzenewhich provides the first tangible gesture to calm the dread of Americans who have experienced leaps in the inflation Over the past two years.

Economists polled by Reuters had expected a 0.2 percent increase in the monthly consumer price index, following a nearly 20 percent drop in the cost of gasoline.

The dollar index, which measures the value of the greenback against a basket of currencies, fell 1.025 percent to 105.26 in the late trading session.

The dollar fell 1.58 percent to 132.97 yen, after briefly dropping as much as 2.3 percent against the Japanese currency, its biggest decline since March 2020.

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