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(Reuters) - Downing Street has delayed an announcement on no-deal Brexit tariffs to avoid backlash from lawmakers so that the report comes after the next Brexit vote in parliament, the Sun newspaper reported.

By Shinichi Saoshiro

By Jeff Mason and David Lawder

The U.S. dollar traded near session highs Thursday, despite a slew of negative U.S. economic reports pointing to signs of slowing growth in the underlying economy.

By Jeff Mason

TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar was little changed against the greenback on Thursday, holding near its strongest level in two weeks as domestic data showed a surprise rise in wholesale trade and ahead of a speech by Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz.

By Adriana Barrera

- The euro turned higher against the dollar in early trading in Europe Thursday, as purchasing manager indices from France and Germany signalled that the euro-zone economy may be bottoming out after its slowdown at the end of 2018.

(Bloomberg) -- Swedbank AB, which has been dragged into a money laundering case that has spread from the Baltic region, used Deutsche Bank AG (DE:DBKGn) and Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) & Co. for U.S. dollar correspondent banking services in Estonia, archived bank documents show.

The Chinese yuan moved higher against the U.S. dollar on Thursday in Asia following reports that Washington and Beijing started to outline a trade deal to end a seven-month long trade war.

By Jeff Mason

By Shinichi Saoshiro

By Shinichi Saoshiro

(Bloomberg Opinion) -- Bond traders were spot on in pricing the Federal Reserve’s dovish pivot earlier this year.

The U.S. dollar pared some losses against a basket of major currencies Wednesday, even as the minutes from the Federal Reserve strengthened expectations the central bank will leave interest rates on hold this year.

The greenback was flat on Wednesday, as investors waited for the Federal Reserve to release the minutes from its latest monetary meeting.

Wall Street was mixed on Wednesday amid downbeat earnings releases and as investors waited for news of trade talks between the U.S. and China.

(Bloomberg) -- The rand declined the most among the world’s major currencies and bonds fell after the South African government unveiled a bailout plan that may strain the nation’s finances.

- The dollar was lower against the euro and the British pound in early trading in Europe Wednesday as a fall in U.S. Treasury yields reduced its attractiveness amid expectations of dovish news on interest rates from the Federal Reserve.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's central bank is on Wednesday meeting minority shareholders in Vostochny Bank, whose majority shareholder, a U.S. investor, was detained last week on fraud charges, a banking source and a senior Russian official told Reuters.

The U.S. dollar was little changed on Wednesday in Asia as traders await the minutes from the January U.S. Federal Reserve meeting due later in the day.

By Shinichi Saoshiro

By Shinichi Saoshiro

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that trade talks with China were going well and suggested he was open to pushing off the deadline to complete negotiations, saying March 1 was not a "magical" date.

The U.S. dollar slipped against a basket of major currencies Tuesday, pressured by strength in the pound on strong labor market data and hopes for progress on upcoming Brexit talks.