The US dollar bought 109.64 Japanese yen, lower than 109.78 Japanese yen of the previous session. The US dollar increased to 0.9976 Swiss franc from 0.9952 Swiss franc, and it was up to 1.3293 Canadian dollars from 1.3269 Canadian dollars.
Global growth is expected to remain at about 3 per cent in 2019 and 2020, after an expansion of 3.1 per cent in 2018, said a latest report released by the UN.
"A worrisome combination of development challenges could further undermine growth," according to the United Nations World Economic Situation and Prospects 2019, which was launched Monday at the UN headquarters in New York.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, was down 0.01 per cent at 96.3298 in late trading.
The US dollar is currently benefitting from its role as safe currency haven, but its weakness in 2019 was a consensus view among currency market traders, since investors bet that the US central bank would stop raising interest rates and the economy would slow after a fiscal boost last year, noted experts.
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