Dollar dips
The dollar dipped to a four-day low against a basket of major currencies on Friday, as traders looked to US inflation data due next week to provide more clues on the Federal Reserve's policy outlook.
The Fed raised interest rates for the second time in three months last week, signalling its confidence in a growing US economy and strengthening jobs market. But investors are pricing in only around a 50 percent chance that it will hike rates again by the end of the year.
The dollar index, which measures it against a basket of six major currencies, inched down by a quarter of a percent, leaving it almost exactly where it was trading immediately after last week's hike.
"More than a week after the FOMC lifted borrowing costs in the U.S., financial markets... have been treading water as investors struggle to find a new driver," said Swissquote currency analyst Arnaud Masset.
The euro edged up 0.2 percent to $1.1174, having earlier hit a four-day high but having then eased after data showing euro zone business growth tailed off unexpectedly toward the end of the first half of 2017.
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