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The U.S. dollar held near a seven-week peak on Thursday, after President Joe Biden and top U.S. congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy worked towards avoiding a damaging debt default, while the Aussie dollar slipped after disappointing jobs data.
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South Africa's rand weakened on Wednesday after worse-than-expected March retail sales data, and as the dollar hit a six-week high.
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Australia employment unexpectedly dipped in April after two months of outsized gains, and the jobless rate also ticked up in a sign the red-hot labour market might be cooling, bolstering the case for a pause in interest rate hikes next month.
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A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Kevin Buckland
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A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Naomi Rovnick