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Dollar steadies with trade talks in frame after sliding on muted US inflation - REUTERS
Summary
- Cooler-than-expected CPI backs case for Fed to resume rate cuts
- Markets watching developments in China trade talks
- Dollar down about 3% since Trump's 'Liberation Day' tariffs
TOKYO, May 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar steadied on Wednesday following its biggest decline in more than three weeks overnight, with cooler-than-expected U.S. consumer inflation data bolstering the case for Federal Reserve easing just as global trade tensions cool.
The Labor Department said the consumer price index increased 0.2% last month, below expectations of economists polled by Reuters for a 0.3% gain, after dipping 0.1% in March.