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What is the US Dollar Index

By John Russell, About.com

Question: What is the US Dollar Index
Answer:

The US Dollar index was created to measure the value of the United States Dollar against a basket of foreign currencies.

The basket of currencies contains the Euro, Japanese Yen, Canadian Dollar, British Pound, Swedish Krona, and the Swiss Franc.

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