LONDON—The dollar dipped against other major currencies on Friday, ahead of U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s widely-anticipated speech at the Jackson Hole symposium. Traders are looking for clues on the U.S. central bank’s tightening plans to combat rampant inflation when Powell speaks at 1400 GMT. The dollar index—which tracks the greenback against six major…

LONDON—The euro was within a whisker of a two-decade low on Wednesday amid growing recession fears fuelled by a possible energy supply crunch, while the U.S. dollar recouped some data-inspired losses after Tuesday’s softer-than-forecast data. Disappointing U.S. services and manufacturing surveys released on Tuesday and a plunge in new home sales saw the dollar take…

LONDON—The euro briefly fell back below parity against a robust dollar on Monday and was languishing at five-week lows, weighed down by concern that a three-day halt to European gas supplies later this month will exacerbate an energy crisis. China’s yuan dropped to its lowest in nearly two years after the central bank cut key…