LONDON: The dollar edged up, gold steadied and European shares held near five-year highs on Tuesday as investors look out for US Federal Reserve signals on the future of its stimulus programme.Upbeat comments from Chicago policymaker Charles Evans have made Wednesday's release of minutes of the US central bank's last meeting and Fed chairman Ben Bernanke's testimony in Congress the same day the main focus for markets.The usually dovish Evans said on Monday that as long as the recent pickup in the US jobs market continued he was "open-minded" about slowing the Fed's $85 billion a month bond-buying programme, and he even mentioned the idea of simply halting it.The dollar was up 0.25 percent against a basket of major currencies as mid-morning approached in Europe, although that was comfortably below its recent three-year high.Economists expect Fed Chairman Bernanke to deliver a steady message on the bank's policy when he speaks ...
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