Asian currencies hovered at multi-month lows amid a weaker greenback - GEPLCapital
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* The Canadian dollar weakened against its U.S. counterpart on Thursday as investors reduced bets on another oversized interest rate hike by the Bank of Canada next week and despite the greenback losing ground against some major peers.
* The U.S. dollar dipped to 16-week lows against a basket of major currencies on Thursday after data showed that U.S. consumer spending increased solidly in October, while inflation moderated, adding to expectations that the Federal Reserve is closer to reaching a peak in interest rates.
* The U.S. dollar slumped in early European trade Thursday after Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell pointed to smaller rate hikes ahead, boosting risk appetite to the detriment of this safe haven. At 03:05 ET (08:05 GMT), the Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six other currencies, fell 0.2% to 105.705, extending Wednesday's more than 1% drop.
* Yesterday was a busy day for the EUR/USD, with gains in the morning, in the face of half-hearted European inflation figures, then with a correction in the afternoon, to finally post a strong upward movement overnight, helped by Powell's speech which confirmed the prospect of a Fed pivot.
* Investors turned modestly bullish on currencies of South Korea, Malaysia and Thailand, supported by prospects of China's reopening, a Reuters poll found, while bearish positions on other Asian currencies hovered at multi-month lows amid a weaker greenback.
* U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she "practiced and practiced" writing the signature that will soon adorn U.S. dollars in order to avoid the illegible scrawls of her predecessors Tim Geithner and Jack Lew.
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