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Dollar edges higher on Fed rate-hike expectations after stronger payrolls

The U.S. dollar inched higher after stronger-than-expected August nonfarm payrolls, boosting near-term Federal Reserve rate-hike expectations.

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WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - The U.S.

Dollar value inched higher following the release of stronger-than-expected August U.S. nonfarm payrolls numbers which spiked the expectations for a rate hike by the U.S.

Federal Reserve in the near-term.

However, the slide in crude oil prices due to the absence of an…