Dollar Bounces as US Economy Sends Mixed Signals; Sterling Slips

Dollar Bounces as US Economy Sends Mixed Signals; Sterling Slips
Euro, Hong Kong dollar, U.S. dollar, Japanese yen, pound, and Chinese 100 yuan banknotes in this picture illustration on Jan. 21, 2016. Jason Lee/Reuters
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LONDON/SINGAPORE—The dollar rose on Thursday as investors digested mixed U.S. economic data, while the British pound changed direction and slipped ahead of the government’s budget update.

The greenback has tumbled in recent weeks as inflation data and comments from Federal Reserve officials have suggested that the central bank can soon slow the pace of its punishing interest rate hikes.