--- title: "Dollar weakens amid reduced rate hike expectations and Middle East tensions" description: "Most outlets reported the dollar's decline against major currencies and linked it to reduced expectations of US rate hikes and rising concerns over Middle East tensions. Business Recorder and Dunya News both highlighted the dollar's near multi-month lows, with Business Recorder adding that the threat of escalation in the region remains imminent, while Dunya News also mentioned higher oil prices and cautious market sentiment." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/3681-dollar-feeble-as-rate-hike-bets-dwindle-iran-war-worries site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Dollar weakens amid reduced rate hike expectations and Middle East tensions business · latest filing 18 Aug 2026, 9:12 AM PKT · 18 Aug 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported the dollar's decline against major currencies and linked it to reduced expectations of US rate hikes and rising concerns over Middle East tensions. Business Recorder and Dunya News both highlighted the dollar's near multi-month lows, with Business Recorder adding that the threat of escalation in the region remains imminent, while Dunya News also mentioned higher oil prices and cautious market sentiment. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Dunya News** — [Dollar feeble as rate hike bets dwindle, Iran war worries grow](https://dunyanews.tv/en/Business/968462-dollar-feeble-as-rate-hike-bets-dwindle-iran-war-worries-grow) · 18 Aug 2026, 9:12 AM PKT > Dollar holds near multi-month lows as softer US data reduce Fed rate-hike bets, while Middle East tensions, higher oil prices and bond yields keep markets cautious. - **Business Recorder** — [Dollar feeble as rate hike bets dwindle, Iran war worries grow](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40435333/dollar-feeble-as-rate-hike-bets-dwindle-iran-war-worries-grow) · 18 Aug 2026, 7:58 AM PKT · 86% identical wording to the newest filing > SINGAPORE: The US dollar held near multi-month lows against most major currencies on Tuesday as traders ​walked back expectations of near-term monetary tightening, although the imminent threat of an escalation in the Middle East war left ‌sentiment fragile. The euro fetched $1.1581 in early Asian hours, not far from the two-month high of $1.1614 it touched on Monday. Sterling was at $1.3548, ju... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Dollar rises amid Iran nuclear talks and U.S. jobs data anticipation](https://harzaviya.com/stories/2128-dollar-drifts-higher-as-traders-eye-iran-talks-ahead-of-us) · 7 Aug 2026 · 2 outlets · 2 developments · 82% related - [Dollar holds firm as Middle East hostilities lift oil prices](https://harzaviya.com/stories/6554-dollar-holds-firm-at-nearly-two-week-high-as-middle-east) · 2 Sep 2026 · 2 outlets · 80% related - [Dollar weakens amid Middle East tensions and Fed rate hike expectations](https://harzaviya.com/stories/6925-dollar-gets-little-lift-from-boost-in-fed-hike-expectations) · 7 Sep 2026 · 2 outlets · 78% related - [Dollar declines as US-Iran attacks pause, oil prices fall](https://harzaviya.com/stories/426-dollar-declines-as-us-iran-attacks-pause-oil-prices-fall) · 27 Jul 2026 · 2 outlets · 77% related - [Dollar trading near multi-month lows, restrained by debt nerves](https://harzaviya.com/stories/4474-dollar-trading-near-multi-month-lows-restrained-by-debt) · 24 Aug 2026 · 3 outlets · 76% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 18 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.