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Washington. The US dollar weakened and shares of energy companies led emerging-market equities higher as oil headed for its biggest weekly advance about two months.

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The dollar declined against most Asian currencies Tuesday as a little confidence returned to regional trading floors on the back of a rebound in oil prices.

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A dollar crunch has seriously depreciated the shilling.While indicative exchange rate by the Bank of Tanzania (BoT) was capped at Sh1,682.99 on Monday, for instance, commercial banks exchanged among themselves by up to Sh1,701 per dollar, the highest since the beginning of the year, the central bank figures show.

Tanzania’s clearing and forwarding agents have expressed concerns for being forced by the operator of a container terminal at Dar es Salaam Port to pay for the service in US dollars only.

The shilling’s further tumble came as a defiant Finance minister Saada Mkuya told the House that there was nothing the government could do because all major currencies in Africa were in free fall, thanks to the stronger dollar.

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