SINGAPORE: The dollar strengthened against emerging market currencies in Asia on Monday as traders shook off the effects of a lower interest rate outlook from the US Federal Reserve.

The greenback last week struggled on the foreign exchange markets after the Fed on Wednesday pulled back their expectations on rate increases in 2016 by about a half percentage point, citing weak global growth and recent market turbulence.

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