The U.S. dollar hit a new 9-1/2-month high against major peers on Friday, buoyed by fears that the Delta coronavirus variant could delay the global economic recovery just as central banks begin to reverse pandemic-era stimulus. While moves in currency markets were much more contained than on Thursday as equity markets stabilised, the risk-sensitive Australian …

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