The dollar held narrow ranges against its major peers on Tuesday, as traders awaited the Federal Reserve's monetary policy decision for clues on when the U.S. central bank might cut rates.

Thailand's exports rose for a fifth straight month in December but at a slower pace and less than analysts' forecasts, and the commerce ministry said on Friday that it expected small export growth in 2024 after a slight drop last year.

Euro zone inflation could fall faster than expected this year as economic growth will remain anaemic, a raft of surveys and indicators showed on Friday, bolstering bets for an early start to European Central Bank interest rate cuts.

Britain's decision to suspend talks with Canada on a free trade deal creates the risk of tariffs being imposed on British-made cars sold in Canada, the UK car industry warned on Friday, as it urged the two sides to return to negotiations.

Japan's industrial output likely expanded in December thanks to the easing of supply constraints, although the outlook for this month appears to be cloudy amid disruption in automobile production, a Reuters poll showed on Friday.

Profits at China's industrial firms fell 2.3% in 2023, their second straight yearly decline, due to sluggish demand at home and abroad, adding pressure on economic growth amid a deep property slump and deflationary risks.