* Dollar slips from four-month high, following U.S. Treasury yields
* Sterling falls against euro, USD (Adds analyst comment, new throughout)
By Jessica DiNapoli and Saikat Chatterjee
NEW YORK, March 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar slipped from four-month highs against a basket of currencies on Monday, following a small dip in U.S. Treasury yields, as investors wagered that the U.S. economy would recover and inflation would rise.
The dollar index fell about 0.25% at 91.86 =USD , following last week's gain of 0.5%.
Over the weekend, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's shock replacement of a hawkish central bank governor with a critic of high interest rates dragged the lira down as much as 15% TRYTOM=D3 to 8.485 against the dollar. yield on U.S. Treasuries fell on Monday and was last down at 1.6981% but remained near one-year highs as investors bet on an economic recovery. US10YT=RR Yields had risen after the Fed last week said the U.S. economy was on track for strong growth. bond market sell-off has somewhat eased," said Edward Moya, senior market analyst at OANDA in New York. "It should provide a little bit of calm amid the dollar and its major partners."
He added that the moves in Turkey will be isolated and in the near term would put a "little bit of fear in the emerging markets trade."
Turkey's shock decision to replace its hawkish central bank governor also supported the dollar's safe-haven appeal.
Markets have been slow to catch on to the rising dollar theme in recent weeks as investors had bet that a global economic recovery would prompt buying of riskier currencies.
But rising U.S. Treasury yields US10YT=RR and the prospect of more lockdowns in several euro zone countries has driven a widespread unwinding of short dollar bets.
As a result, traders cut their long euro bets to the lowest levels since June 2020 while net positions against the Japanese yen flipped into positive territory for the first time in more than a year, latest positioning data showed. that Turkish market upheaval would spill into others also supported the dollar, especially against currencies like the Australian dollar and Norway's crown.
The Turkish lira TRYTOM=D3 stood at 7.875 per dollar, down more than 10% from its Friday close.
The pound slipped against the dollar as investors focused on broader currency market drivers and the European Union's threat to impose a ban on vaccine imports to Britain. bid prices at 10:16AM (1416 GMT) Description
RIC
Last
U.S. Close Pct Change
YTD Pct
High Bid
Low Bid
Previous
Change
Session
Dollar index
=USD
91.9000
92.0920
-0.20%
2.133%
+92.1550
+91.7450 Euro/Dollar
$1.1915
$1.1906
+0.08%
-2.48%
+$1.1932
+$1.1870 Dollar/Yen
JPY=D3
108.7900
108.8650
-0.08%
+5.31%
+108.9500 +108.6500 Euro/Yen
EURJPY=
129.62
129.58
+0.03%
+2.13%
+129.8300 +129.0500 Dollar/Swiss
0.9253
0.9290
-0.40%
+4.58%
+0.9311
+0.9241 Sterling/Dollar GBP=D3
$1.3824
$1.3859
-0.21%
+1.23%
+$1.3876
+$1.3819 Dollar/Canadian CAD=D3
1.2521
1.2500
+0.18%
-1.66%
+1.2534
+1.2474 Aussie/Dollar
AUD=D3
$0.7736
$0.7745
-0.02%
+0.66%
+$0.7747
+$0.7689 Euro/Swiss
EURCHF=
1.1023
1.1059
-0.33%
+2.00%
+1.1063
+1.1023 Euro/Sterling
EURGBP=
0.8617
0.8584
+0.38%
-3.58%
+0.8627
+0.8576 NZ
NZD=D3
$0.7165
$0.7168
-0.03%
-0.21%
+$0.7182
+$0.7136 Dollar/Dollar
Dollar/Norway
NOK=D3
8.5135
8.5175
-0.09%
-0.90%
+8.5880
+8.5050 Euro/Norway
EURNOK=
10.1482
10.1538
-0.06%
-3.05%
+10.2085
+10.1200 Dollar/Sweden
8.5309
8.5386
+0.01%
+4.08%
+8.5780
+8.5041 Euro/Sweden
EURSEK=
10.1661
10.1655
+0.01%
+0.89%
+10.1905
+10.1459
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