Dollar wallows at multi-month lows as Fed cut bets grow

TOKYO - The dollar languished at its lowest since April against the euro and sterling on Tuesday as signs of a softening U.S. economy boosted the case for earlier Federal Reserve interest rate cuts.

That compares with odds of around 55% on Friday, when data showed a stabilisation in consumer price pressures, helping knock the dollar to its first monthly loss of the year in May. Wagers were slightly below 50% earlier last week."The persistent high-interest-rate policy of the Federal Reserve is under scrutiny as it continues to weigh on the U.S. economy," James Kniveton, senior corporate FX dealer at Convera, wrote in a client note.

The Fed's next policy meeting concludes on June 12, when consumer price data is also due. Traders and analysts don't see any risk of a policy change at that gathering, but officials will update their economic and interest-rate projections. Elsewhere, the New Zealand dollar rose to $0.6194 for the first time since March 8. The Aussie traded flat at $0.66895, holding close to the two-week high of $0.6695 from overnight.

Source: Financial Digest (financialdigest.net)

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