{"id":220268,"date":"2026-08-27T10:19:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T04:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/univest.in\/blogs-2\/?p=220268"},"modified":"2026-08-27T10:19:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T04:49:36","slug":"dollar-rate-today-27-august-2026-eight-day-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/univest.in\/blogs-2\/dollar-rate-today-27-august-2026-eight-day-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Dollar Rate Today, 27 August 2026: Greenback Holds Near Eight-Day High as US Data Lifts Fed Rate Hike Bets Ahead of Jackson Hole"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dollar rate today, 27 Aug: Dollar index +0.21% to 99.13 (highest since Aug 19). USD\/JPY at 159.23. US data lifts Fed hike bets ahead of Jackson Hole symposium.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Dollar rate today, 27 August 2026, held near an eight-day high after US inflation and other economic data slightly lifted expectations of a Federal Reserve rate hike, ahead of the Jackson Hole central bankers’ symposium due to begin later in the day. The dollar index rose 0.21% to 99.13, its highest level since August 19.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Dollar rate today, 27 August 2026, held near an eight-day high on Thursday after US inflation and other economic data slightly lifted expectations of a Federal Reserve rate hike, ahead of the Jackson Hole central bankers’ symposium due to begin later in the day. The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies including the yen and the euro, rose 0.21% to 99.13, its highest level since August 19.<\/p>\n

Against the yen, the dollar traded at 159.23, having given back most of its intervention gains but remaining well off a multi-decade low of about 164, with traders awaiting a speech from a key Bank of Japan official, Himino, due at 0130 GMT.<\/p>\n

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