Greenback slips before Fed and BOJ meetings
London
THE dollar fell from a two-week high on Monday, with a stronger oil price the chief theme in a market battening down the hatches ahead of central bank policy meetings in Japan and the United States.
Commodity-linked currencies including the Canadian, Australian and New Zealand dollars were all half a per cent higher in early trade in Europe as crude rose 1.5 per cent on the back of speculation about Opec (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) production controls.
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