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The US dollar fell against its major trading partners, except for a gain versus the yen ahead of economic data. A slew of soft data and renewed expectations that US President Donald Trump’s tariffs will only be a short-lived transactional measure hurt the dollar last week, ING said in a note.

Interbank rates eased despite a huge liquidity deficit in the banking system totalling more than N1 trillion. The financial system has maintained a negative liquidity profile in the last five days in the money market in the absence of significant inflows.