Saturday, May 5, 2007

Dollar falls on soft payrolls report

(Reuters) - The dollar fell on Friday after a report showed U.S. payrolls in April grew at their slowest pace in more than two years, suggesting an economic slowdown has finally caught up with the labor market.

The data cast a cloud over near-term U.S. growth and bolstered the case for an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve later this year, pushing the euro to a session peak at $1.3610, near a record high above $1.3680.


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