Both Australian and New Zealand currencies continued to fall against the U.S. dollar today as the traders’ confidence that the central banks of those countries will cut interest rates soon rose and the dollar continued its growth against euro, pound and yen.

The recent fast growth of the U.S. dollar against the euro doesn’t mean that it’s out of the long-term bearish trend. Slowing economy and the risk of rate cuts even with a rising inflation are still weighing down on dollar.

The euro fell to its five-month lowest level against the U.S. dollar as the investors traded on the high probability that the ECB won’t be raising interest rate as the economy is slowing.

The Chinese yuan fell against the U.S. dollar for the third day this week as the government tightened control over the illegal capital inflow into the country’s financial system.

The euro rose today against the U.S. dollar and other major currencies on Forex after a quite deep decline that was observed yesterday, as the traders expect ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet to signal uprising inflation risks on the next meeting of the Governing Council.

The Australian dollar declined to its lowest value against the U.S. dollar since July today after the central bank statement said that lower inflation may allow interest rate cuts in the future.

The Canadian dollar continued its strong bearish trend today against the U.S. dollar as the currency traders began to realize that the commodity prices won’t hold up if the world’s biggest economy will continue to cool down.

The Japanese yen rose to its two-week high level against the euro and one-week against the Great Britain pound today as the stock markets tumbled yesterday in U.S. and continued to fall in Asia today.