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* Taiwan's central bank said on Saturday it has smooth communication channels with the U.S. Treasury Department and will keep talking with them about foreign exchange policies, after the United States kept the island on a monitoring list. Treasury said on Friday it found that no major U.S. trading partners had manipulated their currencies for an export advantage and ended "enhanced analysis" for Switzerland after the country met only one of three manipulation criteria.

* The U.S. Treasury on Friday said it found that no major U.S. trading partners had manipulated their currencies for an export advantage, adding it ended "enhanced analysis" for Switzerland after the country met only one of three manipulation criteria. In its semi-annual currency report, the Treasury said that Switzerland remains on a "monitoring list" for close attention to foreign exchange and economic policies, along with six other trading partners: China, Taiwan, South Korea, Germany, Malaysia, Singapore.

* The U.S. dollar edged higher in early European trade Friday, rebounding after hefty overnight losses following weak economic data, while the Japanese yen weakened as the Bank of Japan maintained its interest rates at very low levels. At 01:45 ET (05:45 GMT), the Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six other currencies, traded 0.1% higher to 101.787, after sliding around 0.8% overnight to a new one-month low.

* Most Asian currencies fell on Friday, relinquishing some gains from the prior session as uncertainty over the path of U.S. interest rates persisted, while the Japanese yen edged lower as the Bank of Japan kept its ultra-loose policy.

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