Dollar Set for Biggest Two-Day Fall Since 2009 as Rate Outlook Shifts

Dollar Set for Biggest Two-Day Fall Since 2009 as Rate Outlook Shifts
U.S. Dollar banknote is seen in this illustration taken on July 17, 2022. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters
|Updated:

LONDON—The dollar headed for its biggest two-day drop in almost 14 years on Friday, as investors piled into riskier assets after a cooler reading of U.S. inflation helped temper expectations for the Federal Reserve to keep raising rates as quickly.

Data on Thursday showed consumer inflation rose 7.7 percent year-on-year in October, its slowest rate since January and below forecasts for 8 percent.