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Dollar steady ahead of Fed minutes, sterling gains on CPI release

The U.S. dollar traded calmly Wednesday ahead of the release of the minutes from the last Federal Reserve meeting, while sterling gained as inflation fell by less than expected in April. The dollar is struggling to move in any meaningful fashion as traders await the release of the minutes from the last Fed meeting, searching for more cues on the likely path of U.S. interest rates towards the end of the year. Last week’s soft-than-expected consumer inflation data raised hopes of rate cuts in a reasonably short time, but a series of Fed officials have continued to call for policy caution.