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Minutes from a US Federal Reserve September meeting showed policymakers had a prolonged debate about prospects of a pick-up in inflation and slowing the path of future interest rate rises if it did not.
The dollar inched up after US data showed new applications for US unemployment benefits last week fell to a more than one-month low after being boosted by two hurricanes.
But the greenback still languished near two-week lows against a basket of currencies, weighed down by the US Fed minutes which the market interpreted as dovish.