The US dollar is climbing

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February 21, 2017 2:32 PM

The US dollar index is stronger on Tuesday.

The dollar is climbing.

The US dollar index is up by 0.6% at 101.53 as of 8:16 a.m. ET.

Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick Harker said on Friday in an interview with Market News International, "I would not take March off the table at this point. We'll have to see how it plays out in the next few weeks."

Separately, Markit manufacturing and services data will be out at 9:45 a.m. ET.

As for the rest of the world, here's the scoreboard as of 8:18 a.m. ET:

euro
strong PMI data
Samuel Tombs of Pantheon Macroeconomics wrote on Tuesday.
Japanese yen
hasn't looked this good in years
he Nikkei-IHS Markit “flash” manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) rose to 53.5 in February, above the 52.7 level of January and the highest since March 2014.
British pound
Russian ruble

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