The dollar languished near multi-month lows versus major peers on Tuesday as traders pondered the prospects for early policy normalization by the Federal Reserve ahead of a key jobs report at the end of the week.
The British pound rallied to a three-month peak at US$1.425 while Canada's loonie hovered near a six-year top, amid market expectations for policy tightening in those countries.Australia's dollar rose for a second day to as high as US$0.77605 ahead of a central bank announcement at 0430 GMT on Tuesday, although economists predict no change to monetary policy.
The dollar index, which tracks the greenback against six peers, was back below 90 from as high as 90.447 on Friday, when a measure of U.S. inflation closely watched by the Fed posted its biggest annual rise since 1992. The gauge sank 0.3per cent on Monday, in a market thinned by U.S. and British holidays.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia strategist Joseph Capurso says that trimmed measures of inflation, which eliminate the most extreme price changes, show the U.S. has no inflation problem, and markets will need to unwind some of the expectation for near-term policy tightening, which will weigh on the dollar."The world economy is clearly recovering, and that is going to be bad for the U.S. dollar because it’s a counter-cyclical currency," Capurso said."The U.S.
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