Dollar sinks against pound on US jobs data

London: The dollar fell Friday versus the pound on news that US wage growth slowed in December, dimming expectations of more aggressive interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve, dealers said.

US dollar notes are photographed in Buenos Aires, on June 23, 2022. - Argentines do their accounts in dollars, traumatised by recurrent economic crises and tormented by the inflation that is eating away at their pockets and is projected to exceed 60% this year. (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / AFP).

At about 1600 GMT, sterling climbed 1.2 percent to $1.2043 following publication of the data.