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* U.S. personal consumption expenditure data due * PMIs offer encouraging outlook for global economy * Dollar and positioning http://tmsnrt.rs/2hfkGWI By Saikat Chatterjee LONDON, Aug 1 (Reuters) - The dollar edged higher on Tuesday as investors consolidated positions, a day after fresh political turmoil in Washington caused the U.S. currency to post its biggest monthly drop in 16 months. Uncertainty was expected to continue weighing on the dollar, following President Donald Trumps ouster of White House communications chief Anthony Scaramucci on Monday, 10 days after he was hired. I think the short dollar trade is still the broad consensus trade in the financial markets, said Esther Maria Reichelt, an FX analyst at Commerzbank in Frankfurt. But we are approaching important levels against other currencies, such as 1.20 on the euro, which may prompt some concerns from other central banks. Broader markets have focused on the euros rise against the dollar - more than 12 percent so far this year -, but other developed-market currencies have gained as well. The Swedish and Norwegian crowns SEK=> have strengthened, and sterling reached an 11-month high against the dollar on Tuesday after UK manufacturing data. Expectations the Fed will raise U.S. interest rates again have dropped to around 47 percent compared with a 50 percent probability a month ago, according to CMEs Fedwatch tool. But recent data showed the U.S. economy may be doing better than expected, and a PMI survey due later on Tuesday from the United States is expected to suggest U.S. manufacturing continued to expand in July. PMI data from other parts of the world released on Tuesday were also encouraging. They showed euro zone growth remained buoyant, British manufacturing recovered from a seven-month low and Chinese factory activity unexpectedly expanded. The Trump discount trade on the dollar has gained a fair bit of momentum in recent weeks but with a busy data week ahead, there is some consolidation, said Hans Redeker, a strategist at Morgan Stanley in London. An index measuring the dollars value against a basket of six major currencies fell to its lowest levels since May 2016 on Monday and was trading a shade above that at 92.96 on Tuesday. The index fell in July, its fifth consecutive monthly decline and the longest such stretch since December 2010 through April 2011. On a monthly basis, it was the biggest drop since March 2016, according to Thomson Reuters data. The U.S. core personal consumption expenditures price index is due later on Tuesday, with the highlight of the U.S. data week being Fridays jobs report. For Reuters Live Markets blog on European and UK stock markets see reuters://realtime/verb=Open/url= http://emea1.apps.cp.extranet.thomsonreuters.biz/cms/?pageId=livemarkets (Reporting by Saikat Chatterjee, editing by Larry King) View comments
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