Dollar rises after Bernanke;
The dollar rose from a 14-month low against a basket of currencies Friday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the US central bank will be ready to tighten monetary policy as a recovery takes hold.
The dollar rose toward a two-month high against a basket of major currencies on Monday as losses in the euro and the pound accelerated on financial worries about central and eastern Europe and in the wake of the weekend G7 meeting and safe haven bid amid the economic crisis .