Pressured Dollar

The Greenback's still pressured by Friday's PPI data. Prices of U.S. wholesale goods and services fell 0.1 percent in August, with the core producer price index also declining 0.1 percent.Attraction this week would be the August U.S. retail sales figures due tomorrow and Thursday's U.S. consumer price index. Some economists argue that none of those data will alter expectations that the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates by a quarter-point next week. Retail sales probably fell 0.1 percent in August, according to a survey of 26 Wall Street economists conducted by CBS MarketWatch. It would be the third decline in the past five months. The consumer price index is expected to rise 0.2 percent in August, with the core rate also rising 0.2 percent