(Corrects Powell's testimony to start off on Wednesday not Tuesday
in 2nd paragraph)
    * Traders shift focus to Fed's Powell 2-day testimony
    * Markets reprice possibility of large Fed cut right after work details
    * Turkey's lira plunges right after dismissal of cenbank governor
    * Sterling falls towards $one.twenty five, close to six-month low
    * Graphic: World Forex prices in 2019 tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh

    By Richard Leong
    NEW YORK, July eight (Reuters) - The greenback edged up on Monday,
hovering at a a few-week higher, as it held on to gains right after information
of a stronger-than-expected improve in U.S. work in June scaled
back traders' expectations of a sharp Federal Reserve rate cut
at the stop of July.
    Traders await Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's two-day testimony
prior to Congress, which commences on Wednesday for clues about a
rate minimize.
    "Foreign-trade marketplaces started out the week on a quiet notice,
with currencies investing in restricted ranges, as traders shifted
their focus from Friday’s robust U.S. payrolls details to testimony
from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell," claimed Ellis Phifer,
senior market strategist at Raymond James.
    Between emerging market currencies, the Turkish lira fell
steeply right after President Tayyip Erdogan dismissed the central
bank governor, sparking problems about the bank's independence.

    U.S. non-farm payrolls rebounded in June, increasing the most in
five months, the Labor Department claimed on Friday.
    The strong task gain slashed expectations of a 50 foundation stage 
 rate cut at the Fed's July thirty-31 plan meeting, whilst
modest wage gains and other details showing the U.S. economic system was
losing steam stage to a quarter stage rate cut. 
    At eleven:34 a.m. (1534 GMT), the greenback index was up
.08% at 97.359, which was close to a three-week higher of 97.443 hit
on Friday.
    The greenback's rebound follows a interval of weak spot as
mounting expectations for Fed rate cuts weighed.
    The greenback strengthened .18% to 108.sixty seven yen right after
hitting 108.seventy three, which was the greatest because June eleven. 
    The euro was marginally reduced at $one.1214 right after
hitting $one.1208 on Friday.
    The prevalent forex has been less than force from greenback
power and weak spot in the German industrial sector.

    The British pound, which hit a six-month low underneath $one.twenty five on
Friday right after lousy financial details and on heightened expectations
that the Lender of England will cut curiosity prices in 2020, fell 
.22% to $one.2508. 
    Turkey's lira at one particular stage slid to a two-week low of five.8245
to the greenback and was previous down one.59% at five.724.
    "Some naive market members could nevertheless hope that the
new central bank governor will come across as becoming unbiased
in a statement announced for this week and at least does not cut
curiosity prices suitable away," Commerzbank analysts claimed. 
    "That may perhaps be the scenario but does not alter the truth that
medium phrase wise Turkish monetary plan will not be
probable."
    In a prepared statement on Saturday, new governor Murat Uysal
claimed he would employ monetary plan instruments
independently with a focus on reaching and preserving the
key objective of selling price steadiness.
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    Forex bid price ranges at eleven:35 AM (1535 GMT)
 Description      RIC         Previous           U.S. Near  Pct Adjust     YTD Pct     Superior Bid    Low Bid
                                              Preceding                   Adjust                 
                                              Session                                           
 Euro/Dollar      EUR=        $one.1212        $one.1224     -.eleven%         -2.24%      +one.1234     +one.1211
 Dollar/Yen       JPY=        108.6500       108.4500    +.18%         -one.46%      +108.7200   +108.2900
 Euro/Yen         EURJPY=     121.eighty three         121.75      +.07%         -three.48%      +121.9200   +121.5200
 Dollar/Swiss     CHF=        .9934         .9915      +.19%         +one.22%      +.9946     +.9900
 Sterling/Dollar  GBP=        one.2509         one.2523      -.eleven%         -one.94%      +one.2539     +one.2501
 Dollar/Canadian  CAD=        one.3085         one.3075      +.08%         -4.05%      +one.3099     +one.3049
 Australian/Doll  AUD=        .6969         .6979      -.fourteen%         -one.sixteen%      +.6994     +.6969
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 Euro/Swiss       EURCHF=     one.1140         one.1134      +.05%         -one.01%      +one.1152     +one.1114
 Euro/Sterling    EURGBP=     .8964         .8958      +.07%         -.22%      +.8973     +.8955
 NZ               NZD=        .6624         .6627      -.05%         -one.38%      +.6652     +.6624
 Dollar/Dollar                                                                                  
 Dollar/Norway    NOK=        eight.6370         eight.6177      +.22%         -.02%      +eight.6450     +eight.6007
 Euro/Norway      EURNOK=     9.6872         9.6732      +.fourteen%         -2.21%      +9.6906     +9.6603
 Dollar/Sweden    SEK=        9.4579         9.4412      +.00%         +five.51%      +9.4648     +9.4222
 Euro/Sweden      EURSEK=     ten.6075        ten.6077     +.00%         +three.35%      +ten.6146    +ten.5830
    

    
 (Additional reporting by Tommy Wilkes in LONDON
Enhancing by Jan Harvey and Steve Orlofsky)