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The Economic Times
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Dollar near two-week high as Warsh boosts rate-hike bets; yen slips past 160

The dollar held steady near a two-week high on Monday as markets ramped up bets on ​a rate hike after hawkish remarks by Federal ​Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh, while the yen slipped back through the closely watched 160-per-dollar level.

The ​U.S. central bank will "have work to do" if policymakers don't get the confidence they need that inflation is heading down to 2%, Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh said on Friday, in his clearest indication yet that further tightening may be needed to curb price pressure.

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