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US$ steadies; markets still wary ahead of Fed meet
Published Tue, Dec 13, 2016 · 09:50 PM
London
THE US dollar steadied against the yen and euro on Tuesday after its weakest day in a week, with markets still uneasy that a Federal Reserve meeting ending on Wednesday may provoke more investors to cash in the greenback's recent gains.
Barclays was the latest major bank to cast some doubt on a US dollar rally extending into a first quarter set to be dominated by the first policy initiatives from the Trump administration.
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