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Dollar sinks against pound on US jobs data

By ahmadomar

January 06, 2023 | 08:15 p.m EDT

London: The dollar fell Friday versus the pound on news that US wage growth slowed in December, dimming expectations of more aggressive interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve, dealers said.

At about 1600 GMT, sterling climbed 1.2 percent to $1.2043 following publication of the data.

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January 06, 2023 08:15 PM

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