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Dollar inches up on U.S. yields, euro retreats from 1-month high

Reuters - 3/14/2017 9:41:01 AM

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The dollar inched up against a basket of currencies on Tuesday as U.S. Treasury yields extended their rise ahead of an expected interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve.

The euro pulled back from multi-week highs after dovish-sounding comments from European Central Bank officials tempered its recent surge.

With a rate increase already seen as a done deal, investor focus was on what kind of a message the Fed would deliver after its two-day meeting starting later on Tuesday.

"The latest rise in Treasury yields is underpinning the dollar, but it is a wait-and-see mood that is mostly prevailing in the market ahead of the Fed's decision," said Shin Kadota, senior currency strategist at Barclays in Tokyo.

"Expectations for a hawkish dot plot was a factor that has pushed up the dollar recently, with hopes for the number of times the Fed could hike rates this year having increased to four from three."

The "dot plot" is policymakers' rate projections and provides a view into their interest rate outlook.

The dollar index against a group of major currencies .DXY was up 0.1 percent at 101.440, adding to modest gains made the previous day.

The U.S. currency was up 0.1 percent at 114.950 yen JPY=, having gone to 115.510 on Friday, its highest since Jan. 19.

The euro was 0.1 percent lower at $1.0647 EUR=.

The common currency had climbed to a one-month high of $1.0714 on Monday, boosted after some members of the ECB's Governing Council discussed the possibility of higher interest rates at last week's policy meeting.

But its rise was tempered later on Monday after ECB Governing Council member Jan Smets reportedly said last week's policy meeting was not a signal of coming policy change. Bank of France Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau also said rising inflation in the euro zone was highly exaggerated.

Caution ahead of this week's elections in Holland also capped the euro. The Dutch will vote on Wednesday in an election that was seen as a test of anti-immigrant sentiment.

Sterling was little changed at $1.2211 GBP=D4 after gaining 0.4 percent overnight after Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon demanded a fresh Scottish independence referendum but said it should take place at the earliest in late 2018. [GBP/]

The Australian dollar was down 0.2 percent at $0.7559 AUD=D4, giving back some of the previous day's gains.

The 10-year U.S. Treasury note yield US10YT=RR was at 2.620 percent after rising to 2.628 percent overnight, its highest since mid-December.

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