Ecglcd:Dollar Edges Higher; Euro Above Parity Ahead of ECB Meeting

The US dollar stabilized in early European trading Thursday, after overnight losses, while the euro pushed above parity ahead of an expected jumbo hike by the European Central Bank. At 03:00 ET (07:00 GMT), the Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six other currencies, rose 0.2% to 109.745, after having earlier fallen to 109.373, its lowest level in over a month. The dollar has fallen back from recent highs amid gathering expectations that the US Federal Reserve will shortly shift to less aggressive interest rate hikes after a hike of another 75 basis points next week. This follows the release of weak housing data, with data released Wednesday showing new home sales slumped over 10% in September. However, "it should be clear by now that the housing sector is firmly in the firing line of the Fed's restrictive policy, but it will be important to see other sectors of the US economy slowing for the Fed to conclude that aggregate demand is soft enough to of...