The U.S. dollar stuck close to a one-week high on Wednesday, holding on to gains from a three-day rally, as investors braced for comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell later and a crucial monthly jobs report at the end of the week.
"We expect Powell to talk up the need for tighter financial conditions may cause market participants to reassess the global economic outlook and further push the USD up," Carol Kong, a strategist at Commonwealth Bank of Australia, wrote in a client note ahead of Powell's address later on Wednesday.
The dollar slipped 0.07% to 138.60 yen , as the pair continued to consolidate following a bounce from a three-month low of 137.50 on Monday. The euro ticked up 0.15% to $1.03435, lifting from a one-week low reached earlier on Wednesday at $1.0319.The Aussie rose 0.11% to $0.66945, consolidating in the middle of its range of the past couple of weeks. Optimism about a China reopening was balanced against an easing in Australian inflation, reducing the pressure for Reserve Bank rate hikes, and weak Chinese purchasing manager surveys.
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