The U.S. dollar rose on Wednesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve said it would end its pandemic-era bond purchases in March and paved the way for three quarter-percentage-point interest rate increases in 2022. The dollar index was up 0.2% for the day to 96.737 shortly after the announcement. Fed officials also forecast that inflation would run at 2.6% next year, compared to the 2.2% projected as of September. read more The move in the index against major currencies came at the expense of the euro, the Japanese yen and British pound, among others. Before the announcement, the dollar had been trading in a narrowly through the day and close to its highest levels in more than a year. The greenback has been bolstered by expectations that U.S. interest rates will rise faster than those in other countries. The Fed is moving more quickly than the European Central Bank, for example, to pull back monetary support for the economy in the face of the evolving coronavirus pandemic. The ECB and the Bank of England hold policy meetings on Thursday. read more The euro was down 0.1% against the dollar at $1.1241 at 2:11 p.m. Eastern (1911 GMT). Versus the Japanese yen, the dollar was up 0.5% to 114.105. Britain"s pound fell 0.2% to $1.3202. ======================================================== Currency bid prices at 2:11PM (1911 GMT) Description RIC Last U.S. Close Previous Session Pct Change YTD Pct Change High Bid Low Bid Dollar index 96.7370 96.5620 +0.20% 7.508% +96.9140 +96.4050 Euro/Dollar $1.1241 $1.1258 -0.14% -7.99% +$1.1277 +$1.1221 Dollar/Yen 114.1050 113.5600 +0.49% +10.45% +114.2350 +113.6300 Euro/Yen 128.26 128.07 +0.15% +1.06% +128.3500 +128.0000 Dollar/Swiss 0.9278 0.9242 +0.42% +4.90% +0.9294 +0.9235 Sterling/Dollar $1.3202 $1.3227 -0.22% -3.40% +$1.3282 +$1.3172 Dollar/Canadian 1.2901 1.2864 +0.29% +1.31% +1.2935 +1.2846 Aussie/Dollar $0.7132 $0.7106 +0.37% -7.29% +$0.7151 +$0.7093 Euro/Swiss 1.0431 1.0402 +0.28% -3.48% +1.0440 +1.0400 Euro/Sterling 0.8512 0.8510 +0.02% -4.76% +0.8529 +0.8487 NZ Dollar/Dollar $0.6731 $0.6742 -0.16% -6.27% +$0.6760 +$0.6702 Dollar/Norway 9.0720 9.1010 -0.28% +5.69% +9.1210 +9.0730 Euro/Norway 10.2070 10.2540 -0.46% -2.48% +10.2777 +10.1940 Dollar/Sweden 9.1366 9.1392 -0.15% +11.46% +9.1675 +9.0941 Euro/Sweden 10.2722 10.2875 -0.15% +1.94% +10.3080 +10.2448 Reporting by David Henry in New York and Elizabeth Howcroft in London; Editing by Gareth Jones, Bernadette Baum, Mark Heinrich, Philippa Fletcher Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.