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Eurodollar

American  
[yoor-uh-dol-er, yur-] / ˈjʊər əˌdɒl ər, ˈjɜr- /

noun

  1. a U.S. dollar deposited in or credited to a European bank.


eurodollar British  
/ ˈjʊərəʊˌdɒlə /

noun

  1. (sometimes capital) a US dollar as part of a European holding See eurocurrency

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Eurodollar

First recorded in 1955–60; Euro- + dollar

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For most of this year, the Eurodollar market indicated a terminal rate closer to 2%.

From Reuters Mar. 14, 2022

Treasury yields up 5 basis points at 2.87 percent, while slugging Eurodollar and Fed funds futures.

From Reuters Jan. 15, 2014

It does that by comparing Libor with a very similar interest rate, called the Eurodollar deposit rate.

From New York Times Dec. 20, 2012

So investors may want to purchase two-year Treasury notes, which yielded 0.74 percent on Feb. 4 compared with 0.54 percent Jan. 28, or buy Eurodollar contracts that expire within the year, he said.

From BusinessWeek Feb. 7, 2011

U.S. exchanges developed modern-day futures, including popular contracts based on Treasury bonds and the Eurodollar.

From Time Magazine Archive

In fact, it is cheaper for large corporations to borrow in India than in the eurodollar market.

From Barron's Jan. 23, 2026

The peak fed funds rate is seen at 3.9% in March, eurodollar futures showed.

From Reuters Aug. 24, 2022

Money-market futures are priced for that to continue, with three-month eurodollar futures , which track the cost of borrowing U.S. dollars abroad, showing traders see interest rates hitting 3% by year's end.

From Reuters Jul. 11, 2022

Implied rates on eurodollar futures expiring in December are predicting three-month dollar Libor will rise to 0.5525 percent by Dec. 19, Bloomberg data show.

From BusinessWeek Dec. 7, 2011

The result, say bankers, is reminiscent of the eurodollar market in the early 1960s, when extensive dealings in the greenback outside U.S. borders first took off.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 1, 2010

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