FOREX-Dollar 緩和するs from highs as 仲買人s を待つ U.S. 職業s data

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed

NEW YORK, Oct 4 (Reuters) - The dollar 緩和するd against a basket of 通貨s on Monday, pulling 支援する from the 1-year high 攻撃する,衝突する last week, as 仲買人s looked to U.S. 職業s data at the end of the week for 手がかり(を与える)s to the 連邦の Reserve's next move.

The U.S. Dollar 通貨 索引, which 対策 the 米国紙幣 against a basket of six 通貨s, was 0.2% lower at 93.736. The 索引 rose 0.8% last week to its highest since late September 2020.

With Chinese 本土/大陸 markets の近くにd until Thursday for the 国家の Day holiday and South Korean markets were also shut on Monday, 投資家 attention was 堅固に on the 近づいている U.S. data.

"Nonfarm payrolls will be the big 焦点(を合わせる) for markets this week," Brad Bechtel, 全世界の 長,率いる of FX at Jefferies, in New York.

Friday's data is 推定する/予想するd to show continued 改良 in the 職業 market, with a 予測(する) for 488,000 職業s to have been 追加するd in September, によれば a Reuters 投票 - enough to keep the 連邦の Reserve on course to begin 次第に減少するing before year's end.

The Fed has signalled it will likely begin 減ずるing its 月毎の 社債 購入(する)s as soon as November but a big つまずく in labor data could 延期する its 計画(する)s, 仲買人s worry.

"Will the Fed 反応する negatively to a 300k print? Likely not, with the 勢い on 次第に減少する already really high the Fed will have a hard time making an about 直面する after a small 行方不明になる on what has been a very volatile series," Bechtel said.

"If we were to see something more extreme like a 消極的な NFP print for example, then we could have a different story and the Fed may be 軍隊d to at least pause," he said.

The dollar 設立する little support from data on Monday that showed new orders for U.S.-made goods 加速するd in August, even as 経済成長 appeared to have slowed in the third 4半期/4分の1 because of 不足s of raw 構成要素s and labor.

Still, 相場師s in the FX market have grown ますます bullish on the U.S. 通貨 i n 最近の weeks, with 逮捕する long bets on the U.S. dollar climbing to its highest since March 2020, data on Friday showed.

With oil prices rising to a 近づく 7-year high, the 米国紙幣 was 特に weak against the energy-極度の慎重さを要する Norwegian 栄冠を与える and the Canadian dollar.

The dollar fell 0.8% against the 栄冠を与える and slipped 0.6% against the loonie.

The British 続けざまに猛撃する was 0.6% higher at $1.3627, 延長するing its 回復する from the 9-month low touched last week.

"We think the GBP is still on 壊れやすい 地盤 since the country will likely still have energy and food 不足s in the fourth 4半期/4分の1. This, 連合させるd with strong U.S. data this week, could see the GBP re-実験(する) the 1.34 zone and 再開する its September 拒絶する/低下する," Shaun Osborne, 長,指導者 通貨 strategist at Scotiabank, said.

(報告(する)/憶測ing by Saqib Iqbal Ahmed; Editing by Alison Williams)

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