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The greenback edged barely increased on Friday after three straight days of losses, and riskier currencies fell, as bleak financial knowledge gave world fairness markets purpose to pause after one other week of document highs. The greenback had fallen in opposition to a basket of currencies for the previous three periods as market optimism about U.S. President Joe Biden’s fiscal stimulus plans prompted merchants to hunt riskier belongings, producing good points in riskier currencies such because the New Zealand and Australian greenback. The greenback index was nonetheless on monitor for its greatest weekly loss since mid-December.