USD appreciation feared to rouse inflationVietNamNet Bridge - The silence of the forex market in 2017 has been broken as the dollar appreciated right after the Tet holiday. Regarding internal factors, Hieu believes the zero percent deposit interest rate policy puts pressure on the dong/dollar exchange rate. In principle, any exchange rate adjustments would affect the inflation rate because the two indicators are closely related. Hieu said the higher dollar price would make imports more expensive, which would affect the average price level of goods and increase the CPI. The government has vowed to control the inflation rate at around 4 percent this year.