USD and coffee.

Coffee Falls in N.Y. as Strengthening Dollar Depresses Commodity Demand Coffee prices fell for the first time in four sessions as the dollar’s rebound eroded the appeal of commodities priced in the U.S. currency.

Phải công nhận Bloomberg giật tít hay: giá cà phê giảm trên thị trường N.Y khi giá dollar mạnh lên làm suy giảm cầu hàng hóa.

Giá đô-la tăng (so với các đồng ngoại tệ mạnh khác) làm cho giá cà phê (một loại commodity) giảm.

London (the Liffe exchange): robusta, Arabica: New York ICE Futures U.S.

Coffee Futures Fall as Dollar’s Rally (hồi phục) Erodes (xói mòn, ăn mòn) Commodity Demand (cầu hàng hóa)

Sugar Slumps Most in Five Months on Dollar Rally, Brighter Supply Outlook Sugar slumped the most in five months as the strengthening dollar curbed (hạn chế) the appeal of U.S. commodities and on speculation that supplies will be enough to prevent shortages.

Đường hạ giá nhanh nhất trong vòng 5 tháng khi dollar phục hồi

By Yi Tian

Dec. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Coffee prices fell for the first time in four sessions (phiên) as the dollar’s rebound (bật lại) eroded the appeal (hấp dẫn) of commodities priced in the U.S. currency.

The greenback (giấy bạc) advanced (tăng giá) as much as 2.7 percent against a basket of six major currencies, following a 0.7 percent gain (tăng lên) yesterday. The Reuters/Jefferies CRB Index of 19 raw materials (nguyên liệu) dropped for the third day in a row (liên tục).

“The dollar is pretty strong now,” driving coffee lower, said Leonard Baskerville, a trader with Jurgens Bauer & Associates in New York.

Arabica-coffee futures for March delivery (hàng giao tháng ba) fell 1.55 cents, or 1.4 percent, to $1.1095 a pound on ICE Futures U.S. in New York. The price slipped 1.1 percent this week and is down 19 percent this year.

In London, robusta coffee for January delivery fell $60, or 3.2 percent, to $1,801 a metric ton on the Liffe exchange.

To contact the reporter on this story: Yi Tian in New York at ytian8@bloomberg.net.