Turkey's annual inflation rate climbed more than expected to some 15% last month and central bank governor Agbal said a possible interest rate cut will not be on agenda for a long time this year.
In New Zealand markets, a run of strong economic data and a housing boom have seen a move to price in rate hikes from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) as early as 2022.
Investors have pushed up the dollar recently as Democrats moved to fast-track President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package.
There has been an impressive pullback in US Treasury yields overnight which is causing the broad-based dollar weakness before the bond auctions this week.
Eugene Tsai, head of the central bank's foreign exchange department, told Reuters that transactions made by the banks in accordance with the rules before Friday had been completed on schedule.