The dollar was among the leaders, with little to choose between the top four currencies. US statistics were few.
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An improvement in risk-appetite among investors tended to dampen appetite for safe-haven currencies, including the USD but not, it seemed, the EUR...
There were two inter-related issues for the USD on Wednesday; inflation and the Fed. Both turned out to be at least a little helpful, though not enough to make it a great day for the dollar.
It was another day on the bench for the USD. Three low-profile US ecostats came and went without creating many ripples. The NFIB business optimism index was minutely higher on the month at 101.8.
In most respects Friday's US employment report was supportive of the USD. The economy delivered 196k new jobs in March, beating the expected 180k increase.
Both sides sound optimistic that the trade war between America and China is heading towards a satisfactory conclusion.
The US economy expanded at an annualized of 3.1% in Q1 and core personal consumption spending rose by a quarterly 0.4%...
Of Tuesday's three sets of US economic data one was bullish, one was mediocre and one was quite disappointing.
Perhaps because of the imminent Memorial Day weekend the USD did not see a lot of action on Friday.
Prime minister Theresa May announced this morning that she will step down on June 7. The move was widely anticipated and had no effect on the GBP...
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