Di New York pada Rabu, dolar jatuh ke posisi terendah ke kisaran bawah level 116 yen setelah Ketua Dewan Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke melakukan testimoni di hadapan kongres yang menyoroti tentang ketidakpastian prospek ekonomi AS.
The U.S. dollar plunged to the lower 116 yen level in New York on Wednesday after Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke referred to uncertainties about the U.S. economic outlook in his congressional testimony, prompting investors to sell off the dollar, dealers said.