The dollar is either beyond or close to its strongest against the euro for two years and against sterling for 18 months.
This is a result partly of rising US Treasury bond yields, the war in Ukraine and the promise of continuing interest rate rises from the Federal Reserve.
Data in the US later today includes housing starts for March. They surged by nearly 7% last month, but will that have continued?
There will also be a speech by several Federal Reserve board members this week, including Jerome Powell, chair of the interest rate setting committee the FOMC.
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