investing.com the dollar edged higher late friday but ended the week near a three-year-low against a basket of the other major currencies as fear over the prospect of a U.S government shutdown wieghed
the dollar pushed higher amid hopes that a meeting between president donald trump and senate domecoratic leader chuck schumer would yield a lost minute solution to avoid a shutdown
the U.S dollar index, which measures the greenback's strength against a trade-weighted basket of six major currencies edged up 0.2% to 90.49 late friday it touched a low of 89.96 earlier the weakest level since december 2014
