Dollar Edges Up as Fed’s Waller Cautions on Inflation

Dollar Edges Up as Fed’s Waller Cautions on Inflation
U.S. Dollar banknote is seen in this illustration taken on July 17, 2022. Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters
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SINGAPORE/LONDON—The U.S. dollar steadied on Monday amid fading expectations of a less aggressive Federal Reserve interest rate hike after Governor Christopher Waller said the central bank was not softening its fight against inflation.

A modest miss on U.S. inflation on Thursday put pressure on the dollar, which declined almost 4 percent in a week, marking its worst week in more than two and half years.