US Dollar Perched at 2-year Highs as Risk Appetite Crumbles; Yuan Drops

US Dollar Perched at 2-year Highs as Risk Appetite Crumbles; Yuan Drops
U.S. dollar banknotes are displayed in this illustration taken, on Feb. 14, 2022. Dado Ruvic/Reuters
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LONDON—The U.S. dollar marched to a two-year high on Monday as a wave of risk aversion swept global markets, while the Chinese yuan was set for its biggest three-day losing streak in nearly four years on growing worries of an economic slowdown in China.

With war in Ukraine entering the third month and growing concerns of a China-wide COVID-19 outbreak sparking a rout in Chinese stocks, investors dumped currency market darlings like the Aussie and the offshore Chinese yuan.