The U.S. dollar pulled back from a two-year high on Friday, but was heading for its third-straight week of gains, with data showing a slowdown in inflation two days after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates and indicated inflation was stubborn enough to scale back cuts in 2025.
The dollar was down 0.72% against a basket of six other currencies at 107.64 after spiking as high as 108.54 - its highest level since November 2022. It was set to end the week 0.72% higher.
Commerce Department data showed the personal consumption expenditures price index - the Fed's preferred inflation gauge - rose 0.1% in November after an unrevised 0.2% gain in October.
But in the 12 months through November, the PCE price index advanced 2.4%, compared with a 2.3% increase in the year to October.
The Fed cut interest rates by 25 basis points on Wednesday, with officials indicating that fewer cuts were coming in 2025 as inflation remained above the targeted range despite its recent downward trajectory.
The yield on benchmark U.S. 10-year notes fell 6.2 basis points to 4.51%, after hitting a 6-1/2-month high following the Fed's rate decision.
"The inflation numbers today were more benign than feared; the Fed tilted its focus back towards inflation in this week's meeting, and then the numbers weren't so worrisome," said Adam Button, chief currency analyst at ForexLive.
"I think the market heard the words of the Fed and got worried about inflation. But then the numbers show that it's still slowing and certainly not at worrisome levels
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Source: Investing.com
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