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By Stephen Culp
NEW YORK, Feb 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar bounced off
three-week lows on Tuesday as bullish comments from a U.S.
Federal Reserve official and upbeat manufacturing data helped
arouse investor risk appetite.
Bitcoin also surpassed $50,000 to a record high as the
cryptocurrency continued to gain broader acceptance from
companies and investors.
St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said in an interview
on CNBC that financial conditions in the United States were
"generally good," and that inflation was likely to heat up this
year, something the central bank would take into account.
The New York Fed's Empire State manufacturing report offered
a robust upside surprise and a rosier economic picture than
suggested by data released last week.
"The dollar is cutting its losses," said Joe Manimbo, senior
market analyst at Western Union Business Solutions in
Washington. "We had ... bullish comments from Bullard, and the
news on manufacturing is helping to dim the spotlight on
lackluster data we saw last week, which was seen as a catalyst
for the dollar's downturn."
"The economy this week is off to a better start for the
greenback."
Against a basket of its rivals, the greenback gained
0.33% to 90.616, after earlier falling to 90.118, its lowest
level since Jan. 26.
Bitcoin breached the $50,000 threshold to touch an all-time
high of $50,602, but had last pulled back to $49,280.93. The
world's largest cryptocurrency has risen around 70% so far this
year, boosted by Tesla Inc's announcement that it had
bought $1.5 billion in Bitcoin.
The euro reversed its gains against the
strengthening dollar and was last down 0.23%. Rising oil prices
briefly lifted the Canadian dollar and Norwegian crown
to multiweek highs.
The dollar also gained on the safe-haven Japanese yen
, which fell through its 200-day moving average against
the dollar and struck multiyear lows against the euro, Aussie
and Swiss franc.
Sterling reversed its gains against the dollar, and
was last down 0.27%, after touching its highest level since
April 2018 due to Britain's vaccine rollout progress.
The risk-sensitive Australian dollar briefly hit a
one-month high of $0.7805 and the kiwi touched a
five-week peak of $0.7269.
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Currency bid prices at 10:00AM (1500 GMT)
Description RIC Last U.S. Close Pct Change YTD Pct High Bid Low Bid
Previous Change
Session
Dollar index 90.6160 90.3340 +0.33% 0.706% +90.6410 +90.1170
Euro/Dollar $1.2097 $1.2125 -0.23% +0.00% +$1.2170 +$1.2095
Dollar/Yen 105.8000 105.3000 +0.44% +0.00% +105.8100 +105.2000
Euro/Yen 127.98 127.78 +0.16% +0.00% +128.3300 +127.7500
Dollar/Swiss 0.8927 0.8901 +0.29% +0.00% +0.8930 +0.8872
Sterling/Dollar $1.3869 $1.3908 -0.27% +1.52% +$1.3951 +$1.3870
Dollar/Canadian 1.2694 1.2644 +0.39% +0.00% +1.2698 +1.2610
Aussie/Dollar $0.7749 $0.7780 -0.40% +0.00% +$0.7805 +$0.7745
Euro/Swiss 1.0798 1.0795 +0.03% +0.00% +1.0803 +1.0788
Euro/Sterling 0.8720 0.8724 -0.05% +0.00% +0.8739 +0.8706
NZ $0.7203 $0.7228 -0.28% +0.00% +$0.7267 +$0.7203
Dollar/Dollar
Dollar/Norway 8.4460 8.3770 +0.84% +0.00% +8.4480 +8.3600
Euro/Norway 10.2200 10.1740 +0.45% +0.00% +10.2245 +10.1527
Dollar/Sweden 8.2973 8.2647 -0.07% +0.00% +8.2980 +8.2548
Euro/Sweden 10.0364 10.0435 -0.07% +0.00% +10.0570 +10.0320
(Reporting by Stephen Culp; editing by Jonathan Oatis)
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