Derivati USA: CME-CBOT-NYMEX-ICE Tbond,Tnote,Bund&CO-giu/lug2006: fuga dai Bonds (vm18) (2 lettori)
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Fleursdumal
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Bonjour a tout les bondaroles
oh q@sso è tornato gipa
mò col caldo che fa sciogliere anche le pagineweb chi se lo legge tutto il malloppazzo 
uè cè , combinazione anche io ho problemi col sw , speriamo non mi tocchi formattare sgrat
oh q@sso è tornato gipa
mò col caldo che fa sciogliere anche le pagineweb chi se lo legge tutto il malloppazzo uè cè , combinazione anche io ho problemi col sw , speriamo non mi tocchi formattare
sgrat
f4f
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Ragazzi, a furia di andare su siti sconci è normale che il computer si incricchi
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Fleursdumal
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mi sta venendo il potentissimo raptus di incidere viulentemente con affilato coltello svedese
questa fastidiosa vena ironica
questa fastidiosa vena ironica
Fleursdumal
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US Treasuries dip ahead of week's supply
Mon Jul 24, 2006 9
By John Parry
NEW YORK, July 24 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury debt prices eased on Monday ahead of a slew of supply this week and as a safe-haven bid into U.S. government bonds appeared to abate somewhat, strategists said.
Last week's testimony by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke ignited a Treasury market rally on the perception that the Fed is nearing a peak of its interest rate hiking cycle and yields remain near six-week lows.
Benchmark 10-year notes <US10YT> fell 1/32 in price for a yield of 5.06 percent, versus 5.05 percent late on Friday.
Bond yields and prices move inversely.
"We look for consolidation this week with a bias for a move softer as the incoming supply weighs on the market," wrote David Ader, head of government bond strategy with RBS Greenwich Capital in Greenwich, Connecticut in a daily research note.
Treasury auctions this week include a sale of $22 billion of two-year notes, $14 billion of five-year notes and a $7 billion auction of 20-year Treasury Inflation Protected Securities or TIPS.
In a session empty of U.S. economic data, investors are bracing for several potentially market-moving economic reports later in the week.
U.S. home sales, the Fed's Beige Book and second-quarter gross domestic product data are all due this week and could offer clues as to how soon the Federal Reserve may put its two-year monetary tightening cycle on hold.
Two-year notes <US2YT> -- which respond closely to expectations for Fed interest rate moves -- slipped 1/32 in price to yield 5.11 percent, compared with 5.09 percent on Friday.
Bond traders continued to monitor the ongoing fighting between Israel and Hizbollah, which lent some support to U.S. government bond markets by creating a flight to safe-haven assets last week, though analysts said this bid was waning.
"There is some abatement of fears, which plays into a reduced flight-to-quality bid into Treasuries," said Kevin Flanagan, fixed income strategist for global wealth management with Morgan Stanley in Purchase, New York.
Thirty-year bonds <US30YT> fell 2/32 in price to yield 5.11 percent, compared with 5.10 percent on Friday.
Mon Jul 24, 2006 9
By John Parry
NEW YORK, July 24 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury debt prices eased on Monday ahead of a slew of supply this week and as a safe-haven bid into U.S. government bonds appeared to abate somewhat, strategists said.
Last week's testimony by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke ignited a Treasury market rally on the perception that the Fed is nearing a peak of its interest rate hiking cycle and yields remain near six-week lows.
Benchmark 10-year notes <US10YT> fell 1/32 in price for a yield of 5.06 percent, versus 5.05 percent late on Friday.
Bond yields and prices move inversely.
"We look for consolidation this week with a bias for a move softer as the incoming supply weighs on the market," wrote David Ader, head of government bond strategy with RBS Greenwich Capital in Greenwich, Connecticut in a daily research note.
Treasury auctions this week include a sale of $22 billion of two-year notes, $14 billion of five-year notes and a $7 billion auction of 20-year Treasury Inflation Protected Securities or TIPS.
In a session empty of U.S. economic data, investors are bracing for several potentially market-moving economic reports later in the week.
U.S. home sales, the Fed's Beige Book and second-quarter gross domestic product data are all due this week and could offer clues as to how soon the Federal Reserve may put its two-year monetary tightening cycle on hold.
Two-year notes <US2YT> -- which respond closely to expectations for Fed interest rate moves -- slipped 1/32 in price to yield 5.11 percent, compared with 5.09 percent on Friday.
Bond traders continued to monitor the ongoing fighting between Israel and Hizbollah, which lent some support to U.S. government bond markets by creating a flight to safe-haven assets last week, though analysts said this bid was waning.
"There is some abatement of fears, which plays into a reduced flight-to-quality bid into Treasuries," said Kevin Flanagan, fixed income strategist for global wealth management with Morgan Stanley in Purchase, New York.
Thirty-year bonds <US30YT> fell 2/32 in price to yield 5.11 percent, compared with 5.10 percent on Friday.
f4f
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Fleursdumal ha scritto:mi sta venendo il potentissimo raptus di incidere viulentemente con affilato coltello svedese
questa fastidiosa vena ironica
ehmm
ok, stobbuono
solo un chiarimento
why pekkè un coltello 'svedese'?
un fiammifero , solo da uno svedese
una lama, solo da Hattori Hanzo
gipa69
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Stoppo la vena e passo all'arteria
FACTBOX-Global interest rates
Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:05am ET
July 24 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan raised interest rates for the first time in six years on July 14, lifting its overnight call rate to 0.25 percent from zero.
As a result the average rate set by the central banks of the Group of Seven nations rose to 3.40 percent from 3.35 percent while the average rate set by 11 leading central banks -- the five that decide monetary policy for the G7 nations plus six other major banks -- rose to 3.59 percent from 3.57 percent.
The following table of average rates is aimed at reflecting the movement of official policy rates during the economic cycle rather than actual borrowing costs.
2006 MONTH: END04..END05..01...02...03...04...05...06...07...08...09...10...11...12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ G7 AVG: 2.30 2.85 2.95 - 3.10 3.15 3.25 3.35 3.40 - - - - - 11 AVG: 2.72 3.10 3.17 3.20 3.34 3.36 3.45 3.57 3.59 - - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FED 2.25 4.25 4.5 - 4.75 - 5.0 5.25 - - - - - - BOJ 1) 0.00 0.00 - - - - - - 0.25 - - - - - ECB 2.00 2.25 - - 2.50 - - 2.75 - - - - - - BOE 4.75 4.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - BOC 2.50 3.25 3.5 - 3.75 4.0 4.25 - - - - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SNB 2) 0.75 1.00 - - 1.25 - - 1.5 - - - - - - RBA 5.25 5.50 - - - - 5.75 - - - - - - - RBNZ 6.50 7.25 - - - - - - - - - - - - RIKSBK 2.00 1.50 1.75 2.0 - - - 2.25 - - - - - - NORWAY 1.75 2.25 - - 2.50 - 2.75 - - - - - - - DNMRK 2.15 2.40 - 2.50 2.75 - - 3.0 - - - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NO. OF RATE CHANGES: 2005: 22 3 2 6 1 4 5 1 - - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MONTH: END04..END05..01...02...03...04...05...06...07...08...09...10...11...12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EASTERN EUROPE: NBP 6.50 4.50 4.25 4.00 - - - - - - - - - - NBH 9.50 6.00 - - - - - 6.25 6.75 - - - - - CNB 2.50 2.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - NBS 4.00 3.00 - 3.50 - - 4.00 - - - - - - - SLOV 4.00 4.00 - 3.75 3.5 - - 3.25 - - - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LATIN AMERICA: BRAZ 17.75 18.00 17.25 - 16.5 15.75 15.25 - 14.75 - - - - - MEX 3) 8.5 8.2 7.9 7.6 7.4 7.2 7.0 7.0 - - - - - - CHIL 2.25 4.5 - 4.75 - 5.0 - - 5.25 - - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ASIA KOREA 3.25 3.75 - 4.0 - - - 4.25 - - - - - - THAI 2.00 4.00 4.25 - 4.5 4.75 - 5.0 - - - - - - PHIL 6.75 7.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - TAIWN 1.75 2.25 - - 2.375 - - 2.5 - - - - - - INDS 4) 7.4 12.75 - - - 12.50 - - 12.25 - - - - - INDIA 4.75 5.25 5.5 - - - - 5.75 - - - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA: SARB 7.5 7.0 - - - - - 7.5 - - - - - - ISRL 3.7 4.5 4.75 - 5.0 5.25 - - - - - - - - TURK 18.0 13.5 - - - 13.25 - 17.25 17.50 - - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MONTH: DEC04..DEC05..01...02...03...04...05...06...07...08...09...10...11...12
NOTES:
If rates change more than once a month, the last rate for that month is listed.
1. On July 14, 2006 the Bank of Japan raised interest rates for the first time in six years, lifting its overnight call rate to 0.25 percent from zero. This followed a move on March 9, 2006 when the BOJ said it would no longer set a target for the amount of surplus funds in the money market, ending its "quantitative easing" policy, and adopted a more conventional tactic of guiding the unsecured overnight call rate. Since March 19, 2001 the call rate had been effectively zero as the BOJ had targeted the outstanding balance of current account deposits that banks and other institutions hold at the BOJ.
2. The Swiss National Bank targets a range for the three-month Swiss franc LIBOR rate. The SNB currently aims for the mid-point within the target band.
3. The Bank of Mexico manages reserve money through weekly open market operations. The benchmark is the 28-day treasury bills, Cetes. This is a monthly average rate, rounded to one decimal.
4. Since July 2005 the Bank Indonesia (BI) rate has been the official target for one-month securities. The comparative for end-2004 is the one month Sertifikat Bank Indonesia (SBI) rate from the last auction of the year, rounded to one decimal place. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
INTEREST RATES. (All the interest rates are policy rates identified by each central bank.):
GROUP OF SEVEN CENTRAL BANKS:
U.S FEDERAL RESERVE = federal funds rate
BANK OF JAPAN = overnight call rate
EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK = refi rate
BANK OF ENGLAND = repo rate
BANK OF CANADA = overnight funding rate
MAJOR CENTRAL BANKS:
SWISS NATIONAL BANK = 3-month Swiss Libor
RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA = cash rate
RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND = cash rate
SWEDISH RIKSBANK = repo rate
NORGES BANK = deposit rate
DENMARKS NATIONALBANK = 2-week cd rate
EASTERN EUROPE:
NATIONAL BANK OF POLAND (NBP): 28-day intervention rate
NATIONAL BANK OF HUNGARY: (NBH) 2-week deposit rate
CZECH NATIONAL BANK (CNB): 2-week repo rate
NATIONAL BANK OF SLOVAKIA (NBS): 2-week limit repo rate
BANK OF SLOVENIA: 60-day tolar bill rate
LATIN AMERICA:
CENTRAL BANK OF BRASIL (BCB): Selic rate
CENTRAL BANK OF CHILE (BCC): Discount rate
BANK OF MEXICO: 28 day Cetes rate
ASIA:
BANK OF KOREA: Overnight call rate
BANK OF THAILAND: 14-day repurchase rate
CENTRAL BANK OF PHILIPPINES: Overnight borrowing rate
CENTRAL BANK OF CHINA (TAIWAN): Discount rate
BANK INDONESIA: Bank Indonesia (BI) reference rate
RESERVE BANK OF INDIA: Reverse repo rate
MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA:
SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK: Repurchase rate
BANK OF ISRAEL: Short-term lending rate
CENTRAL BANK OF TURKEY: Overnight borrowing
FACTBOX-Global interest rates
Mon Jul 24, 2006 8:05am ET
July 24 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan raised interest rates for the first time in six years on July 14, lifting its overnight call rate to 0.25 percent from zero.
As a result the average rate set by the central banks of the Group of Seven nations rose to 3.40 percent from 3.35 percent while the average rate set by 11 leading central banks -- the five that decide monetary policy for the G7 nations plus six other major banks -- rose to 3.59 percent from 3.57 percent.
The following table of average rates is aimed at reflecting the movement of official policy rates during the economic cycle rather than actual borrowing costs.
2006 MONTH: END04..END05..01...02...03...04...05...06...07...08...09...10...11...12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ G7 AVG: 2.30 2.85 2.95 - 3.10 3.15 3.25 3.35 3.40 - - - - - 11 AVG: 2.72 3.10 3.17 3.20 3.34 3.36 3.45 3.57 3.59 - - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ FED 2.25 4.25 4.5 - 4.75 - 5.0 5.25 - - - - - - BOJ 1) 0.00 0.00 - - - - - - 0.25 - - - - - ECB 2.00 2.25 - - 2.50 - - 2.75 - - - - - - BOE 4.75 4.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - BOC 2.50 3.25 3.5 - 3.75 4.0 4.25 - - - - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SNB 2) 0.75 1.00 - - 1.25 - - 1.5 - - - - - - RBA 5.25 5.50 - - - - 5.75 - - - - - - - RBNZ 6.50 7.25 - - - - - - - - - - - - RIKSBK 2.00 1.50 1.75 2.0 - - - 2.25 - - - - - - NORWAY 1.75 2.25 - - 2.50 - 2.75 - - - - - - - DNMRK 2.15 2.40 - 2.50 2.75 - - 3.0 - - - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NO. OF RATE CHANGES: 2005: 22 3 2 6 1 4 5 1 - - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MONTH: END04..END05..01...02...03...04...05...06...07...08...09...10...11...12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EASTERN EUROPE: NBP 6.50 4.50 4.25 4.00 - - - - - - - - - - NBH 9.50 6.00 - - - - - 6.25 6.75 - - - - - CNB 2.50 2.00 - - - - - - - - - - - - NBS 4.00 3.00 - 3.50 - - 4.00 - - - - - - - SLOV 4.00 4.00 - 3.75 3.5 - - 3.25 - - - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LATIN AMERICA: BRAZ 17.75 18.00 17.25 - 16.5 15.75 15.25 - 14.75 - - - - - MEX 3) 8.5 8.2 7.9 7.6 7.4 7.2 7.0 7.0 - - - - - - CHIL 2.25 4.5 - 4.75 - 5.0 - - 5.25 - - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ASIA KOREA 3.25 3.75 - 4.0 - - - 4.25 - - - - - - THAI 2.00 4.00 4.25 - 4.5 4.75 - 5.0 - - - - - - PHIL 6.75 7.50 - - - - - - - - - - - - TAIWN 1.75 2.25 - - 2.375 - - 2.5 - - - - - - INDS 4) 7.4 12.75 - - - 12.50 - - 12.25 - - - - - INDIA 4.75 5.25 5.5 - - - - 5.75 - - - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA: SARB 7.5 7.0 - - - - - 7.5 - - - - - - ISRL 3.7 4.5 4.75 - 5.0 5.25 - - - - - - - - TURK 18.0 13.5 - - - 13.25 - 17.25 17.50 - - - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ MONTH: DEC04..DEC05..01...02...03...04...05...06...07...08...09...10...11...12
NOTES:
If rates change more than once a month, the last rate for that month is listed.
1. On July 14, 2006 the Bank of Japan raised interest rates for the first time in six years, lifting its overnight call rate to 0.25 percent from zero. This followed a move on March 9, 2006 when the BOJ said it would no longer set a target for the amount of surplus funds in the money market, ending its "quantitative easing" policy, and adopted a more conventional tactic of guiding the unsecured overnight call rate. Since March 19, 2001 the call rate had been effectively zero as the BOJ had targeted the outstanding balance of current account deposits that banks and other institutions hold at the BOJ.
2. The Swiss National Bank targets a range for the three-month Swiss franc LIBOR rate. The SNB currently aims for the mid-point within the target band.
3. The Bank of Mexico manages reserve money through weekly open market operations. The benchmark is the 28-day treasury bills, Cetes. This is a monthly average rate, rounded to one decimal.
4. Since July 2005 the Bank Indonesia (BI) rate has been the official target for one-month securities. The comparative for end-2004 is the one month Sertifikat Bank Indonesia (SBI) rate from the last auction of the year, rounded to one decimal place. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
INTEREST RATES. (All the interest rates are policy rates identified by each central bank.):
GROUP OF SEVEN CENTRAL BANKS:
U.S FEDERAL RESERVE = federal funds rate
BANK OF JAPAN = overnight call rate
EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK = refi rate
BANK OF ENGLAND = repo rate
BANK OF CANADA = overnight funding rate
MAJOR CENTRAL BANKS:
SWISS NATIONAL BANK = 3-month Swiss Libor
RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA = cash rate
RESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND = cash rate
SWEDISH RIKSBANK = repo rate
NORGES BANK = deposit rate
DENMARKS NATIONALBANK = 2-week cd rate
EASTERN EUROPE:
NATIONAL BANK OF POLAND (NBP): 28-day intervention rate
NATIONAL BANK OF HUNGARY: (NBH) 2-week deposit rate
CZECH NATIONAL BANK (CNB): 2-week repo rate
NATIONAL BANK OF SLOVAKIA (NBS): 2-week limit repo rate
BANK OF SLOVENIA: 60-day tolar bill rate
LATIN AMERICA:
CENTRAL BANK OF BRASIL (BCB): Selic rate
CENTRAL BANK OF CHILE (BCC): Discount rate
BANK OF MEXICO: 28 day Cetes rate
ASIA:
BANK OF KOREA: Overnight call rate
BANK OF THAILAND: 14-day repurchase rate
CENTRAL BANK OF PHILIPPINES: Overnight borrowing rate
CENTRAL BANK OF CHINA (TAIWAN): Discount rate
BANK INDONESIA: Bank Indonesia (BI) reference rate
RESERVE BANK OF INDIA: Reverse repo rate
MIDDLE EAST/AFRICA:
SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK: Repurchase rate
BANK OF ISRAEL: Short-term lending rate
CENTRAL BANK OF TURKEY: Overnight borrowing
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FOREX-Dollar gains as investors rethink Fed rate stance
Mon Jul 24, 2006
By Katie Hunt
LONDON, July 24 (Reuters) - The dollar gained ground on Monday, rebounding on concern that recent selling sparked by expectations the Federal Reserve could make a pause its two-year run of rate rises was overdone.
Some analysts also cited relief buying of the U.S. currency as euro zone government bonds fell after Israel said on Sunday it was prepared to back the deployment of a temporary international peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon.
The dollar slid last week after Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said inflation would likely ease in coming quarters as growth slows, prompting market players to scale back the chance of another rate increase.
"The market is priced 50/50 for an August rate hike and it's quite rare for the Fed to allow the market to have such a mixed view," said Chris Turner, head of foreign exchange strategy at ING Financial Markets.
"Perhaps at the back of people's minds the prospect of an August rate hike is back on the agenda," he added.
By 1115 GMT, the euro had fallen 0.5 percent to $1.2623 <EUR>. The single currency was still up from a three-month low of $1.2456 hit last week.
Calyon senior currency strategist Daragh Maher said while Bernanke's testimony was less upbeat than the market was priced for, it was still relatively balanced.
"The Chairman will have been pleased with the market reaction which saw rate expectations retrace to make the August outcome virtually a 50:50 call, a market standing which provides the Fed with the greatest degree of policy flexibility," he said.
The dollar rose half a percent on the day to 116.63 yen <JPY> but was still off a three-month peak of 117.88 yen hit on July 19. The euro was down 0.2 percent at 147.38 yen <EURJPY>, but still near last week's record high of 147.90 yen.
MIDDLE EAST
Israeli soldiers battled Hizbollah fighters and warplanes pounded southern Lebanon on Monday. Israel said it would be willing to back a temporary international force to ensure Hizbollah is removed from the border and to take control of Lebanon's border with Syria.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced visit to bombed-out Beirut in a dramatic show of support for the the Lebanese government on a trip aimed at averting full-scale war across the region.
"Maybe there's a slight glimmer of optimism in the Middle East and that could be a catalyst to tempt some of those who were bearish on the dollar last week," Rabobank markets strategist Jeremy Stretch said.
Such hopes hurt the traditional safe-haven Swiss franc <CHF>, which slid almost one percent against the dollar to 1.2469 francs and hit a 3-month low against the euro <EURCHF> at 1.5752.
On the data front, investors will look to U.S. numbers later in the week, including home sales and second quarter economic growth, for clues on whether the Fed will lift rates an 18th straight time next month
No major U.S. data is due on Monday.
Bernanke's comments last week raised the likelihood among market players that the Fed might leave overnight rates steady at its policy meeting on Aug. 8.
The Fed has said its next move will depend on U.S. economic data. This week's slate includes consumer confidence, home sales and durable goods, and the growth figures on Friday
Mon Jul 24, 2006
By Katie Hunt
LONDON, July 24 (Reuters) - The dollar gained ground on Monday, rebounding on concern that recent selling sparked by expectations the Federal Reserve could make a pause its two-year run of rate rises was overdone.
Some analysts also cited relief buying of the U.S. currency as euro zone government bonds fell after Israel said on Sunday it was prepared to back the deployment of a temporary international peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon.
The dollar slid last week after Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said inflation would likely ease in coming quarters as growth slows, prompting market players to scale back the chance of another rate increase.
"The market is priced 50/50 for an August rate hike and it's quite rare for the Fed to allow the market to have such a mixed view," said Chris Turner, head of foreign exchange strategy at ING Financial Markets.
"Perhaps at the back of people's minds the prospect of an August rate hike is back on the agenda," he added.
By 1115 GMT, the euro had fallen 0.5 percent to $1.2623 <EUR>. The single currency was still up from a three-month low of $1.2456 hit last week.
Calyon senior currency strategist Daragh Maher said while Bernanke's testimony was less upbeat than the market was priced for, it was still relatively balanced.
"The Chairman will have been pleased with the market reaction which saw rate expectations retrace to make the August outcome virtually a 50:50 call, a market standing which provides the Fed with the greatest degree of policy flexibility," he said.
The dollar rose half a percent on the day to 116.63 yen <JPY> but was still off a three-month peak of 117.88 yen hit on July 19. The euro was down 0.2 percent at 147.38 yen <EURJPY>, but still near last week's record high of 147.90 yen.
MIDDLE EAST
Israeli soldiers battled Hizbollah fighters and warplanes pounded southern Lebanon on Monday. Israel said it would be willing to back a temporary international force to ensure Hizbollah is removed from the border and to take control of Lebanon's border with Syria.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced visit to bombed-out Beirut in a dramatic show of support for the the Lebanese government on a trip aimed at averting full-scale war across the region.
"Maybe there's a slight glimmer of optimism in the Middle East and that could be a catalyst to tempt some of those who were bearish on the dollar last week," Rabobank markets strategist Jeremy Stretch said.
Such hopes hurt the traditional safe-haven Swiss franc <CHF>, which slid almost one percent against the dollar to 1.2469 francs and hit a 3-month low against the euro <EURCHF> at 1.5752.
On the data front, investors will look to U.S. numbers later in the week, including home sales and second quarter economic growth, for clues on whether the Fed will lift rates an 18th straight time next month
No major U.S. data is due on Monday.
Bernanke's comments last week raised the likelihood among market players that the Fed might leave overnight rates steady at its policy meeting on Aug. 8.
The Fed has said its next move will depend on U.S. economic data. This week's slate includes consumer confidence, home sales and durable goods, and the growth figures on Friday