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The dollar rose on Friday, after a brief dip, as investors reckoned a weaker-than-expected US December non-farm payrolls report would not deter the Federal Reserve from raising interest rates multiple times this year though at a gradual pace.
US nonfarm payrolls increased by 148,000 jobs last month. Economists were forecasting job gains of 190,000. Employment data for October and November data were revised to show 9,000 fewer jobs created than previously reported.
The dollar briefly slipped after the softer-than-forecast number, but has since regained momentum.
"It was a little disappointing. The market doesn't care. The margin of error on this number is always big," said Paul Nolte, portfolio manager at Kingsview Asset Management in Chicago, referring to the US jobs data. "What we'd be concerned about is if we see a couple of prints below 100,000. Until then we're okay," he added.
Fed funds futures still price in a nearly 70 percent chance the US central bank will hike interest rates in March, according to CME's Fedwatch. One bright spot in the US December employment report was the rise in wage growth, analysts said. Average hourly earnings rose 9 cents, or 0.3 percent, in December after gaining 0.1 percent in the prior month. That lifted the annual increase in wages to 2.5 percent from 2.4 percent in November.
In mid-morning trading, the dollar gained 0.4 percent against the yen to 113.22, while the euro fell 0.3 percent versus the dollar to $1.2029. That put the dollar index, a measure of the greenback's value against six major currencies, up 0.2 percent on the day.

Copyright Reuters, 2018

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