The greenback edged higher across the board amid a dearth of fresh US economic news. Earlier comments from St Louis Fed President Poole buoyed the dollar after he said it was too soon to determine whether the sharp housing deterioration will drag the economy into recession. Traders will look to Thursday's comments from Fed Chairman Bernanke for more insight into how aggressively the FOMC will be ease rates over the coming months.

Ben Bernanke