Dollar Extends Drop as Faltering Economy Pares Rate-Boost Wagers (FED CRED = DEAD)

``The dollar extended last week's decline as investors became less optimistic about a 2016 interest-rate increase before the release of the minutes of the Federal Reserve's July meeting. The chance of the Fed raising rates before the year is out have fallen to 42 percent, from just shy of 50 percent before stagnant retail-sales data on Friday cast doubt over the strength of the U.S. recovery. ''