LONDON (Reuters) – The euro fell Friday to their lowest in four and a half years against the dollar after the European Central Bank responsible fueled expectations that the agency would take bolder steps to boost the economy this month.
* The euro fell to $ 1.2035 on trading platform EBS, the lowest level since June 2010, and then was exchanged at $ 1.2055, with a daily decline of 0.4 percent.
* In an interview with the German business daily Handelsblatt, ECB President Mario Draghi said the risk that the central bank does not fulfill its mandate to preserve price stability was greater now than six months ago, underscoring available to act quickly this year if necessary.
* The data next week annual inflation in the eurozone and analysts predict will be known to fall to -0.1 percent in December from 0.3 percent a month ago, which would be even lower Goal of the ECB of just below 2 percent.
* Meanwhile, the dollar was its highest level in nearly nine years against a basket of currencies, helped by the good relative performance of the US economy and the diverging outlook for monetary policy in the major economies.
* Against the Japanese yen, the dollar rose 0.5 percent to 120.35 yen.
(Additional reporting by Masayuki Kitano / Edited by Gabriel Burin)
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