The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index dropped earlier after a report showed U.S. consumer prices unexpectedly fell in August. The Federal Open Market Committee ends a two-day policy meeting today. The pound gained before Scotland votes on independence tomorrow, and the Aussie weakened.
|The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index, which tracks the greenback against 10 major counterparts, gained 0.2 percent to 1,048.90 at 11:39 a.m. New York time. It reached 1,052.14 yesterday, the highest level since July 2014. The gauge dropped earlier as much as 0.1 percent.
|The dollar gained 0.4 percent to 107.56 yen and reached 107.62 yen, the highest level since September 2008. The greenback was little changed at $1.2951 per euro.
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