FOREX-Dollar on course for worst month in 10年間 as U.S. 回復 loses steam

By Hideyuki Sano

TOKYO, July 31 (Reuters) - The dollar slipped to two-year lows on Friday and is on 跡をつける to 地位,任命する its biggest 月毎の 拒絶する/低下する in 10 years, as 投資家s worried that a 回復 in the U.S. economy could be stymied by a second wave of coronavirus.

信用/信任 in the U.S. 通貨 was 土台を崩すd その上の after U.S. 大統領 Donald Trump raised the 可能性 of 延期するing the nation's November 大統領の 選挙.

The dollar 索引 fell to 92.777, and is on course to 地位,任命する its biggest 月毎の 落ちる in 10 years.

"At the root of the dollar's 証拠不十分 is the fact, which was 最高潮の場面d by Fed Chairman (Jerome) Powell the other day, that U.S. coronavirus 事例/患者s started to 増加する in 中央の-June, 抑制(する)ing 消費 and sending the economy downhill," said Daisuke Uno, 長,指導者 strategist at Sumitomo Mitsui Bank.

The U.S. Labor Department data showed 初期の (人命などを)奪う,主張するs for 失業 利益s 増加するd 12,000 to a 季節的に adjusted 1.434 million in the week ending July 25, a 調印する that 回復 in the 雇用 market is 立ち往生させるing.

That 注ぐd 冷淡な water on hopes of 回復 after a 破滅的な 後退,不況 in the previous 4半期/4分の1. Data on Thursday showed that the U.S. economy 契約d by 32.9% in the second 4半期/4分の1, the steepest pace since the 広大な/多数の/重要な 不景気.

The U.S. 議会 was no closer to a 取引,協定 延長するing or 取って代わるing the extra $600-per-week in 支払い(額)s to tens of millions thrown out of work by the coronavirus pandemic, just one day before a 連邦の 失業 利益 was 始める,決める to 満了する/死ぬ.

追加するing salt to the dollar's 傷害, Trump raised the idea of 延期するing the Nov. 3 U.S. 選挙s, although it was すぐに 拒絶するd by both 民主党員s and his fellow 共和国の/共和党のs in 議会 - the 単独の 支店 of 政府 with the 当局 to make such a change.

"The mere suggestion by Trump of a 延期する does play to 関心s that the 選挙 result will be challenged in November (should Trump lose), and that, be 原因(となる) of the likely larger than usual 株 of 投票(する)s 経由で mail in 投票(する)s 予定 to the pandemic, we might not now (get) the result on 選挙 night itself," wrote Ray Attrill, 長,率いる of FX 戦略 at 国家の Australia Bank in Sydney.

主要な the 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金 against the dollar was the euro, which has 伸び(る)d traction after European Union leaders agreed this month to a 750 billion euro 経済的な 回復 基金, taking on 負債 共同で in a major 上げる to 地域の 協調.

The euro 攻撃する,衝突する a two-year high of $1.1889 and last 貿易(する)d at $1.1869, having 伸び(る)d 5.7% so far in July, also the biggest 伸び(る) in a 10年間.

Against the yen, the dollar 攻撃する,衝突する a 4 1/2-month low of 104.52 yen and last stood at 104.54, having lost 3.1% this month.

Likewise the British 続けざまに猛撃する stood at $1.3119 after hitting a 4 1/2-month high of $1.3136. (報告(する)/憶測ing by Hideyuki Sano; editing by Richard Pullin)

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