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FOREX-Dollar weighed by report of possible delays to U.S. corporate tax cut

Published 08/11/2017, 02:46 pm
Updated 08/11/2017, 02:50 pm
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* Dollars slips vs yen, euro, Aussie and kiwi

* Report of possible delay in US corp tax implementation weighs

* Euro able to edge back from 3-month low

* Kiwi awaits RBNZ policy decision for near-term cues (Adds details and quotes, updates prices)

By Shinichi Saoshiro

TOKYO, Nov 8 (Reuters) - The dollar slipped broadly on Wednesday, hurt by a media report that suggested the implementation of a centrepiece corporate tax cut under discussion in U.S. tax reforms plans could be delayed.

The Washington Post, citing unidentified sources, reported on Tuesday that Senate Republican leaders are considering a one-year delay in the implementation of a major corporate tax cut to comply with Senate rules.

The dollar had risen to a three-month high against a basket of currencies late in October, helped by expectations that reforms initiated by U.S. President Donald Trump's administration would deliver tax cuts, boost the economy and lift interest rates.

Any potential delay in the implementation of tax cuts, or the possibility of proposed reforms being watered down, would tend to work against the U.S. currency.

"The dollar is being sold against a wide variety of currencies like the euro, yen and Australian dollar on the Washington Post's report," said Yukio Ishizuki, senior currency strategist at Daiwa Securities in Tokyo.

"We won't be seeing big economic indicator releases for a while and the new Federal Reserve chair is already decided. So the U.S. tax plan has moved into the spotlight, and currencies are likely to move this way and that way on news headlines."

The dollar was down 0.2 percent at 113.800 yen JPY= , falling away from an eight-month high of 114.735 touched on Monday.

The euro EUR= rose 0.1 percent to $1.1597, bouncing modestly from a three-month low of $1.1553 plumbed overnight.

The common currency has slipped steadily over the past few weeks, pressured by the divergence in the monetary policies of the European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve.

The dollar index against a basket of six currencies .DXY dipped 0.1 percent to 94.844 as U.S. Treasury yields continued to decline.

The 10-year Treasury yield US10YT=RR stood within close reach of a three-week low of 2.304 percent set the previous day. The yield has fallen steadily from a seven-month peak near 2.477 percent touched late in October.

The Australian dollar gained 0.1 percent to $0.7654 AUD=D4 to recoup some of the losses from the previous day, when it lost 0.6 percent on the back of a decline in the prices of commodities such as crude oil and iron ore.

Other commodity currencies had also been pressured by the fall in crude oil. The Canadian dollar stood little changed at C$1.2767 per dollar CAD=D4 after sliding 0.6 percent overnight.

The New Zealand dollar added 0.1 percent to $0.6909 NZD=D4 after losing 0.6 percent the previous day.

Near-term focus was on the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's policy decision due early on Thursday.

Analysts say benign data of late would often prompt the central bank to express its confidence in the economy, although the recent change of government adds a significant degree of uncertainty.

"Rate hike expectations cannot take root easily, capping the New Zealand dollar, as the process of redefining the central bank's role has only started under the labour-led coalition government," said Masafumi Yamamoto, chief forex strategist at Mizuho Securities.

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