Dollar gains on Asia's virus

FxPremiere.com SINGAPORE/TOKYO (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar was supported on Monday amid renewed worries about coronavirus restrictions in Asia, but investors are heavily positioned for it to fall while the U.S. Federal Reserve keeps rates low. Forex Signals

Bitcoin skidded to a three-month low after Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Inc boss Elon Musk suggested at the weekend that the car maker is considering selling or may have already sold some of its holdings in the cryptocurrency.

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Easing commodity prices and fresh virus outbreaks in Singapore and Taiwan – where COVID-19 had been contained – helped modest dollar gains of 0.3% against the Australian dollar and 0.4% versus the New Zealand dollar. [AUD/]

A dollar bounce that followed higher-than-expected inflation data last week has also faded as traders figure the U.S. Federal Reserve will keep rates low.

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The dollar last traded at $1.2130 per euro and has support around $1.2179. The dollar index is, likewise, at 90.397, just above key support at 89.677 and 89.206. It bought 109.37 yen and traded at $0.7756 per Aussie and $0.7219 per kiwi.

“We expect the minutes … to reiterate that policymakers consider the pick up in inflation to be transitory,” said Kim Mundy, a currency strategist at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (OTC:CMWAY) in Sydney.

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“The upshot is that we do not expect the (Fed) to consider tapering its asset purchases soon,” she said. “The dollar is expected to resume its downtrend this week after last week’s CPI-inspired boost.”

Cryptocurrencies traded under pressure after another weekend bouncing around following a tweet from Tesla’s Musk suggesting the company is possibly selling its bitcoin holdings.

Bitcoin last traded down 7.13% at $43,133. It earlier fell to $42,185, the lowest since Feb. 8. Ether fell to a two-week low of $3,123.

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Singapore and Taiwan have both tightened curbs as cases rise, which weighed on the Singapore dollar, while the Taiwan dollar fell to a three-week low on Monday.

The onshore yuan was little changed at 6.4380 per dollar after a mixed round of economic data showed China’s industrial output had slowed and retail sales missed forecasts last month.

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