China NBS Manufacturing PMI below forecasts (49.5) in August: Actual (49.4)

Investing.com – The U.S. dollar edged higher Friday, continuing October’s strength, ahead of the release of the widely-watched payrolls report. At 05:35 ET (09:35 GMT), the Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six other currencies, rose 0.1% to 104.025, after gains of well over 2% last month. Dollar awaits payrolls release …

The recent Sino-American trade discussions in London have outlined strategies to restore trade in critical materials, yet they didn’t achieve a significant breakthrough, leaving the US dollar susceptible to internal fiscal issues. Today, the US core CPI (projected at 0.2% MoM) and a closely monitored 10-year Treasury note auction pose potential risks for the dollar….

Sellers managed to completely reverse the earlier sharp price jump, which confirms the previously made assumptions regarding further impulse declines. Now, the buyers seem to be broken, and this is an opportunity for the Japanese yen to improve its position by strengthening slightly. It’s possible that today we’ll see…

By Mike Dolan LONDON (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar’s latest surge has forced central banks around the world to lean against it, selling greenback reserves to stabilise local currencies but potentially exaggerating dollar strength into the bargain and sowing problems down the line. If hard cash reserves, typically banked in U.S. debt, are run down sharply,…