- U.S. 10-year Treasury yield retreats to one-week low
- Yen, Swiss franc attract modest safe-haven demand
- U.S. September consumer price data weaker than expected
- Euro gains as minutes signal ECB on track to pare stimulus
- Swedish crown jumps on upbeat inflation, home price data
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The dollar fell to a near two-week low on Thursday against a basket of currencies as traders pared greenback holdings on lower U.S. Treasury yields and further equity losses on Wall Street.
A weaker-than-forecast rise in U.S. consumer prices in September reduced bets on a faster pace of interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve, further eroding the dollar's appeal.
"We are seeing investors taking some risks off the table," said Paresh Upadhyaya, director of currency strategy at Amundi Pioneer Investments in Boston. "The dollar didn't get any mileage from the CPI number."
Against the dollar, the euro climbed to a one-week peak as minutes of the European Central Bank's policy meeting last month suggested policy-makers have not abandoned their plan to end the ECB's 2.6 trillion-euro bond-purchase program this year.
The Swedish crown jumped following stronger-than-expected inflation and home price data, raising prospects for the Riksbank to increase interest rates in December, analysts said.
The Chinese yuan rose in offshore trading, rebounding from early weakness due to a global equity rout. Traders brushed off comments from U.S. President Donald Trump signaling he is not backing off on escalating his trade war with Beijing.
The U.S. Labor Department said on Thursday its consumer price index rose 0.1 percent in September, less than the 0.2 percent increase forecast among analysts polled by Reuters.
The CPI miss reduced bets that U.S. inflation is accelerating, spurring appetite for U.S. government bonds. This added to the safe-haven bid for Treasuries stemming from another sharp sell-off on Wall Street.
An index that tracks the dollar versus six currencies .DXY fell to 94.987, the lowest since Sept. 28. At 3:45 p.m. (1945 GMT), the dollar index was down 0.5 percent at 95.034.
The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note yield US10YT=RR fell to a one-week low at 3.1423 percent. It reached a seven-year peak at 3.261 percent on Tuesday.
The Japanese yen JPY=EBS and Swiss franc CHF=EBS , which are the preferred currencies in times of market turbulence, received mild safe-haven bids, gaining 0.16 percent and 0.04 percent versus the greenback.
Forecasts from Fed officials released last month showed they expected three rate hikes in 2019, and some have said they are open to a rate increase in December, which would be the fourth this year.
Their counterparts at the ECB seemed on track, based on the latest minutes, to normalize their ultra-loose policy this year despite concerns about slowing growth in Europe.
The euro zone common currency EUR=EBS was up 0.65 percent at $1.15925 after touching a one-week high. It was 0.45 percent higher at 129.885 yen EURJPY= .
The Swedish crown was 1.69 percent higher at 8.9770 per dollar SEK=D3 and 1.12 percent stronger at 10.4068 per euro EURSEK= .
Offshore yuan CNH=EBS rose 0.74 percent to 6.8720 per dollar, rebounding from an eight-week low set earlier on Thursday.
======================================================== Currency bid prices at 3:42PM (1942 GMT)Description RIC Last U.S. Close Pct Change YTD Pct High Bid Low Bid Previous Change Session Euro/Dollar EUR= $1.1590 $1.1518 +0.63% -3.38% +1.1599 +1.1520 Dollar/Yen JPY= 112.0800 112.2700 -0.17% -0.52% +112.5300 +111.8500 Euro/Yen EURJPY= 129.94 129.32 +0.48% -3.88% +130.2000 +129.2200 Dollar/Swiss CHF= 0.9897 0.9899 -0.02% +1.58% +0.9922 +0.9857 Sterling/Dollar GBP= 1.3230 1.3194 +0.27% -2.09% +1.3246 +1.3184 Dollar/Canadian CAD= 1.3036 1.3066 -0.23% +3.65% +1.3071 +1.3014 Australian/Doll AUD= 0.7121 0.7060 +0.86% -8.72% +0.7129 +0.7047 arEuro/Swiss EURCHF= 1.1473 1.1404 +0.61% -1.85% +1.1489 +1.1393 Euro/Sterling EURGBP= 0.8758 0.8730 +0.32% -1.41% +0.8773 +0.8729 NZ Dollar/Dolar NZD= 0.6529 0.6447 +1.27% -7.86% +0.6530 +0.6447 Dollar/Norway NOK= 8.2197 8.2348 -0.18% +0.15% +8.2421 +8.1908 Euro/Norway EURNOK= 9.5286 9.4876 +0.43% -3.25% +9.5470 +9.4764 Dollar/Sweden SEK= 8.9764 9.1422 -1.12% +9.45% +9.1422 +8.9663 Euro/Sweden EURSEK= 10.4070 10.5249 -1.12% +5.77% +10.5359 +10.3750 <^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Graphic: World FX rates in 2018 http://tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^>
