News: FOREX-Dollar slides as U.S. stimulus impasse weighs

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    • U.S. CPI higher than expected, briefly lifts dollar
    • Markets focus on stimulus package
    • Dollar hits 3-week high vs yen
    • Graphic: World FX rates in 2020 https://tmsnrt.rs/2RBWI5E

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    The dollar fell from a one-week high on Wednesday, as political wrangling over a stimulus package for the U.S. economy halted its recent rebound.

    The greenback, however, rose to a three-week peak against the yen, climbing for a fourth straight session. The dollar/yen pair typically moves in tandem with U.S. Treasury yields, with the 10-year advancing to a one-month high.

    Stronger-than-expected U.S. CPI numbers, meanwhile, briefly lifted the dollar against a basket of currencies.

    Data showed the U.S. consumer price index rose 0.6% last month after rebounding 0.6% in June. Excluding the volatile food and energy components, the CPI jumped 0.6% last month. That was the largest gain since January 1991 and followed a 0.2% rise in June.

    But the market's focus was on the U.S. stimulus package. Investors are watching for signs a political impasse in Washington over a further rescue package for the pandemic-hit economy can be overcome.

    U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday that the White House and top Democrats in Congress may not be able to reach a deal on coronavirus aid, in the fifth day without talks on the stalemate blocking relief to tens of millions of Americans. nL1N2FE0ND

    "Over the longer-term, the fact that there is no stimulus package is a good thing for the dollar. If we're going to print another $3.5 trillion, that's bad for the dollar," said Ronald Simpson, managing director, global currency analysis at Action Economics in Florida.

    But he added that the fact there's a stalemate in negotiations is a negative for the dollar in the short-term.

    In mid-morning trading, the dollar index, which has held above a two-year low hit last Thursday, was down 0.3% against a basket of currencies at 93.390 =USD , after shedding gains made in Asian trading.

    "If there is no movement in the negotiations soon, the Fed's concerns are quite likely to have an impact on the dollar sooner or later," FX analysts at Commerzbank said in a note.

    Against the yen, the dollar rose 0.3% to 106.77 yen JPY=EBS . Improved U.S. debt yields have pressured the yen by luring investment from zero-yielding Japan. The euro was up 0.5% at $1.1793 EUR=EBS . Sterling GBP=D3 was broadly flat, despite data showing the British economy had entered a deep recession, as signs of a recovery in June provided some support for the currency.

    The New Zealand dollar NZD=D3 was flat at US$0.6576, after the country's central bank held rates but surprised markets by extending its bond-buying programme and putting slightly more emphasis on the possibility of negative rates.

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    	Currency bid prices at 9:53AM (1353 GMT) 
    
     Description	  RIC		 Last		   U.S. Close  Pct Change	 YTD Pct	 High Bid	Low Bid 
    											  Previous				   Change				  
    											  Session											
     Euro/Dollar	  EUR=		$1.1790		$1.1739	 +0.43%		 +5.17%	  +1.1799	 +1.1712 
     Dollar/Yen	   JPY=		106.7200	   106.4800	+0.23%		 -1.97%	  +107.0100   +106.4500 
     Euro/Yen		 EURJPY=	 125.84		 125.00	  +0.67%		 +3.19%	  +126.0500   +124.9600 
     Dollar/Swiss	 CHF=		0.9113		 0.9167	  -0.59%		 -5.84%	  +0.9198	 +0.9110 
     Sterling/Dollar  GBP=		1.3040		 1.3048	  -0.06%		 -1.65%	  +1.3067	 +1.3006 
     Dollar/Canadian  CAD=		1.3267		 1.3300	  -0.25%		 +2.16%	  +1.3346	 +1.3258 
     Australian/Doll  AUD=		0.7154		 0.7142	  +0.17%		 +1.89%	  +0.7164	 +0.7110 
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     Euro/Swiss	   EURCHF=	 1.0746		 1.0762	  -0.15%		 -0.98%	  +1.0786	 +1.0746 
     Euro/Sterling	EURGBP=	 0.9040		 0.8996	  +0.49%		 +6.93%	  +0.9049	 +0.8989 
     NZ			   NZD=		0.6573		 0.6576	  -0.05%		 -2.42%	  +0.6582	 +0.6528 
     Dollar/Dollar																				   
    
     Dollar/Norway	NOK=		8.9401		 9.0138	  -0.82%		 +1.84%	  +9.0499	 +8.9310 
     Euro/Norway	  EURNOK=	 10.5430		10.5760	 -0.31%		 +7.17%	  +10.6038	+10.5378 
     Dollar/Sweden	SEK=		8.6974		 8.7505	  -0.34%		 -6.95%	  +8.7903	 +8.6859 
     Euro/Sweden	  EURSEK=	 10.2565		10.2913	 -0.34%		 -2.03%	  +10.2995	+10.2440                    
 
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