Reuters
The U.S. dollar edged lower on Thursday as markets considered whether the Federal Reserve might slow or even pause its tightening cycle in the second half of the year, which would weaken the allure of the safehaven currency. The currency began to weaken after minutes from the Fed's May meeting, released Wednesday, showed that most participants judged that 50 basis-point hikes would likely be appropriate at the June and July policy meetings to combat inflation that they agreed had become a key threat to the economy's performance. "That's prompting a little bit of a rally here for risky assets, which is really nice for the risk trade, which in essence, is bad for the dollar," he said.