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Fears of a recession have grown in recent weeks due to rising uncertainty over the bloc's energy supply, with Russia threatening to further reduce gas flows ...

Russia temporarily suspended gas deliveries via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline on Monday for annual summer maintenance works. "The ECB is in a very, very difficult position. - Russia temporarily suspended gas deliveries via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline on Monday for annual summer maintenance works.

Today, 1 EUR equals 1 USD. The shift means European companies and consumers will pay more for the goods and services they import, while European exports become ...

The European Central Bank has already hiked interest rates in a bid to tame inflation and plans to continue doing so as the situation further deteriorates. The invasion has upended energy markets and sent gas bills soaring to all-time highs. All eyes will be on the euro to see if it ends up falling below the American dollar. Supplies from the Nord Stream 1 pipeline stopped earlier this week for a planned 10-day maintenance. Since then, the euro enjoyed a steady rise, reaching almost $1.60 in the summer of 2008, when the Great Recession was wreaking financial havoc across the US. The euro and the dollar have reached parity for the first time in 20 years, signalling the market's assumption that the European economy is heading for a deep recession as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The euro has been vulnerable given the effect of a continuing spike in natural gas prices and the war in Ukraine.

The euro has been particularly vulnerable given the effect of a continuing spike in natural gas prices on the regional economy and the war in Ukraine. Meanwhile, the European Central Bank has been behind rivals in raising interest rates. The euro has been particularly vulnerable given the effect of a continuing spike in natural gas prices and the war in Ukraine. The euro has hit parity with the United States dollar and stock markets fell as the prospect of further central bank tightening and worries about the health of economies worldwide unnerved investors.

The euro and the U.S. dollar are equal for the first time in 20 years, as Russia threatens to cut off gas to the west and inflation rates soar, ...

That could spell skyrocketing energy costs across Europe. Germany's economy minister Robert Habeck warned economists last month of industry shutdowns and job losses if Germany's energy reserves dwindle even more. An increase in borrowing costs would be the ECB’s first since 2011. The euro has been on a steady decline since last May – when one euro was worth $1.22 – and has fallen precipitously over the past five months, from $1.13 – as Russia’s war in Ukraine continues and Russia threatens to cut off gas supplies to Western Europe. The dollar, on the other hand, continues to surge, as the U.S. dollar index increased to 16% over the past year on Monday, despite inflation rates and a lower domestic buying power – a good sign for Americans spending time across the Atlantic, where the dollar holds more weight, but potentially an indicator of “major financial stress” for U.S. companies abroad, according to economists at Morgan Stanley. Inflation rates have soared throughout the U.S. and the eurozone, where both areas hit rates around 8.6% last month – primarily on energy (41.9% annual increase in Europe and 34.6% in the U.S.). The European Central Bank, in response, has called for a 25-basis-point interest rate hike to combat rising costs – a slower rate than the U.S. Federal Reserve is raising interest rates at 75 basis points – as it aims for its target of 2% inflation over the medium term. The euro and the U.S. dollar are equal for the first time in 20 years, as Russia threatens to cut off gas to the west and inflation rates soar, sparking fears of a European recession. Greg McBride, chief financial analyst with the New York financial company Bankrate, told Forbes the effect on imports and exports will be relative, increasing the cost of American goods sold in Europe while making European goods cheaper in the U.S., helping to ease the effect of rising inflation. European stocks initially traded lower on Tuesday – with the London-based FTSE 100 down 0.29% and the German DAX Performance Index down 0.17% as of 10 a.m. ET – but have since rebounded, up 0.18% for the FTSE and 0.57% for the DAX at 2 p.m. ET.

The euro and the U.S. dollar are exchanging at a 1-to-1 rate for the first time since the early years of the European currency's creation.

The euro and the U.S. dollar are exchanging at a nearly 1-to-1 rate for the first time in nearly two decades, when the European currency was in its infancy.

Foreign exchange markets are “discounting a severe European recession”, into the euro-dollar trade, Greg Anderson and Stephen Gallo of BMO Capital Markets wrote ...

Analysis: Investors often turn to US currency in times of uncertainty and there are plenty of reasons for them to be jittery.

This, though, is not just a story of euro weakness, it is also a tale of dollar strength. Were that to happen, the risk of recession over the coming months would be heightened. The Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which brings gas from Russia, was shut down on Monday for annual maintenance due to last 10 days.

For the first time in 20 years, the exchange rate between the euro and the US dollar has reached parity -- meaning the two currencies are worth the same.

Germany recorded its first trade deficit in goods since 1991 last week as fuel prices and general supply chain chaos significantly increased the price of imports. before the war, is attempting to reduce its dependence on Russian oil and gas. on Tuesday, down about 12% since the start of the year.

The euro exchange rate has been falling for months and is now at the same level as the US dollar. A year ago, one euro cost $1.20, and by the beginning of ...

Above all, the costs of energy and raw materials threaten to rise since for the situation to normalise “growth is needed to prevent the rising cost of living in eroding the purchasing power of individual households. The euro, in the meantime, has lost another 10 percent of its value. The euro exchange rate has been falling for months and is now at the same level as the US dollar. Fiscal policy is the only way out,” said Mallick. “Ultimately, the fall in the euro is making the inflation problem even worse than it already is by importing further inflation because of the weak euro; about half of imported goods in the eurozone are invoiced in dollar, so the pass-through from a weak euro to high inflation is inevitable as more euros are needed to pay for those imported goods,” he said. “The increasing interest rates in the US attract further investment in dollar assets, and this is in addition to the strong demand for dollar driven by its safe haven status at times of war,” he told Al Jazeera.

ING currency specialists Chris Turner and Francesco Pesole told the paper that euro-dollar parity is 'the most important psychological factor' in foreign ...

The DutchNews.nl team would like to thank all the generous readers who have made a donation in recent weeks. The euro has already lost some 11% of its value relative to the dollar this year. Further drops are expected if energy supplies get tighter and European production comes to a standstill, reports the FD.

The 12% decline is the result of multiple pressures, from the war in Ukraine to an energy crisis and the growing risk that Russia cuts off gas exports and ...

In recent months, pressure on the euro has been mounting while investors have been flocking to the U.S. dollar, a haven in times of economic upheaval.

He added that there was a risk that the central bank would go too far in raising rates to cool the U.S. economy but that letting inflation stay high was a greater risk. The bank is preparing a new policy tool to deal with that fragmentation, which central bankers see as a break between economic fundamentals and government borrowing costs. Today, there are fewer questions about the resilience of the euro as progress has been made in firming up the union. While the European Central Bank plans its rate increases, it also has to keep an eye on sovereign bond markets. Among other things, the European Central Bank’s president, Christine Lagarde, laid out a clear plan to raise interest rates for the first time in more than a decade in July and signaled that the eight-year era of negative interest rates would be over by early fall. Central bankers say they don’t target an exchange-rate level, but it will be hard for them to arrest the currency’s decline with words because the forces pushing up the dollar have been so strong. The European Central Bank even intervened to try to bolster it. Ultimately, it wasn’t enough to turn the trajectory of the currency around. That has led to the highest inflation rates in decades. Now central bankers in the United States and Europe have committed to bringing down inflation through higher interest rates, even as the global economic outlook deteriorates. So, as often happens in times of economic distress, people looking for a safe place to put their money have bought more dollars, at the expense of other currencies like the euro. The euro was a critical symbol of this unity.

The 12% decline is the result of multiple pressures, from the war in Ukraine to an energy crisis and the growing risk that Russia cuts off gas exports and ...

In a Bloomberg survey this month, economists put the risk of a euro-area recession at 45%, up from 30% in June. The euro, now the currency for 19 countries and around 340 million people, has had many ups and downs since it began in 1999. Monetary policy is also a driving force, given that the ECB has been slow to join the kind of aggressive policy tightening deployed elsewhere. In addition to the dual inflation-recession threat, the ECB is also dealing with the risk of sovereign borrowing costs diverging too much as it reverses course on stimulus. Once again, the euro’s future was in doubt amid soaring borrowing costs, bailouts for indebted nations, a recession and record unemployment. The euro’s descent this year is just one part of a global story of dollar dominance. That strength was seen as damaging to the economy, and euro-area politicians blamed it for hurting companies. It bounced back to trade at around $1.003 as of 2:40 p.m. in London. Now they confront a different world: a dramatic plunge in their currency and consumer prices surging. Some ECB policy makers have already signaled that the weakness is on their minds, particularly when it comes to imported inflation. However, it’s still a problem for the European Central Bank. Add in central banks moving at vastly different speeds and an in-demand dollar, and some analysts say parity may not be the end point, but merely a stepping stone to further weakness.

It's been two decades since the exchange rate was this favorable for Americans traveling to Europe.

The same principle applies to local merchants that ask a similar question relative to credit or debit card transactions. Banks also generally charge fees to withdraw money from ATMs overseas; travelers can assess how much cash they'll need for the whole trip and make one big withdrawal instead of several smaller withdrawals to reduce those fees, according to Rathner. Americans who want to take advantage of the favorable exchange rate should use a credit card without a foreign transaction fee whenever possible. It's not a given the exchange rate will continue to get more favorable. Travelers using cash should generally avoid converting their currency ahead of a trip, according to experts. - The euro hit parity with the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, meaning they had a 1:1 exchange rate. This is generally due to card brands — while Visa and Mastercard are widely accepted around the world, that's less true of American Express and Discover, Rathner said. Further, ATM operators may ask if users want money "with or without conversion," or a similarly worded prompt. For one, travelers should call their bank to make sure foreign ATMs accept their debit card. Here's how travelers can take advantage of the exchange rate Flight searches to some top European destinations increased by double digits from July 3-11 relative to the previous week, according to Expedia data. That hasn't occurred since 2002, when the euro was in its infancy.