us dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken july 17 2022 reutersdado ruvicillustration bengaluru sept 7 reuters  the dollar will remain a force to reckon with over the remainder of this year and into the next as us interest rates rise and the economy outperforms its peers reinforced by its safehaven appeal when investors choose to worry according to a reuters poll backed by a strong us economy still creating jobs at a consensusbeating pace the federal reserve has ramped up its fight against inflation by hiking interest rates much quicker than most of its peers that has helped the dollar turn in one of its best performances in at least a decade the dollar index which was up around 15 for the year touched a fresh twodecade high of 11055 on tuesday with most outcomes like higher interest rate differentials and safe haven moves expected to favour the dollar the currency is likely to remain strong for longer the dollar between now and at least the end of the year will remain stronger across the board said roberto mialich currency strategist at unicredit at the current juncture the fed focusing more on economic growth than inflation would probably be the only reason why the dollar might change its current trend also the dollar might also benefit from its safehaven status but beyond 2022 the dollar was expected to give up some of those yeartodate gains the reuters sept 16 poll of 70 foreign exchange strategists showed however those predicted gains for other currencies would fall short of making up for their current yeartodate losses while the dollar has dominated nearly every currency tracked by analysts and traders it has performed particularly well against the euro  the japanese yen and the british pound  all three currencies have either touched multidecade lows or were close to doing so the euro already down 13 for the year hit a twodecade low of 09876 on monday as the prospects for a winter without russian gas sunk in read more it was expected to trade below parity over the next three months suggesting the 75 basis point european central bank rate hike forecast for its thursday meeting would do little to reverse the euros fortunes the common currency was forecast to trade around 102 and 106 in the next six and 12 months respectively if realized those expected gains of around 3 to 7 would fall short in making up for the 13 decline for the year those median forecasts for one three and six month horizons were the lowest in nearly two decades if the ecb goes with 50 bps we would be concerned markets will see them as not committed enough to fighting inflation a 75 bps hike is not frontloading in our view but a longoverdue catching up from well behind the ecb has a lot more to do said michalis rousakis g10 fx strategist at bank of america securities still this may not be enough to support eurusd communication will matter much more in our view the eur needs strong statements from ecb president christine lagarde that the ecb will do whatever it takes to bring inflation down to the target the japanese yen down about a fifth and the worst underperformer among majors for the year was expected to recoup about half of those losses to trade at 1270 per dollar in a year it was last trading around 142 against the dollar britains struggling currency wont regain its losses against the us dollar anytime soon as steep interest rate increases from the bank of england fail to offset an expected recession and increased government spending sterling down about 15 this year was expected to hover at the 116 it was trading around on tuesday in one and three months time in six months the pound will have risen to 118 and in a year to 123 the poll found still far short of the around 135 it started 2022 reporting by hari kishan additional reporting and analysis by indradip ghosh polling by aditi verma milounee purohit and susobhan sarkar editing by ross finley and jonathan oatis