Forex - Aussie edges higher kiwi holds steady vs. greenback

© Reuters. Aussie gains some ground and kiwi holds steady after Yellen remarks

Investing.com - The Australian dollar edged higher against its U.S. counterpart on Monday, while the New Zealand dollar held steady as the lack of any additional U.S. monetary policy information continued to weigh on the greenback.

eased up 0.09% to 0.7941.

The greenback weakened broadly after a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen at the Jackson Hole economic symposium , disappointing some investors who had hoped she would adopt a hawkish tone.

The dollar has been under strong selling pressure this year amid ongoing uncertainty over the economic agenda of U.S. President Donald Trump and doubts that the Fed will deliver a third rate hike this year.

held steady at 0.7239.

The , which measures the greenback’s strength against a trade-weighted basket of six major currencies, was down 0.08% at 92.40 by 02:20 a.m. ET (06:20 GMT), just off a 15-month low of 92.30 hit overnight.

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