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TOKYO (Reuters) -The dollar languished on Wednesday, hovering just above a seven-week low with subdued U.S. bond yields reducing the currency's yield appeal.

The safe-haven greenback got some respite from a pullback in world stocks from record highs as flare ups in coronavirus infections from India to Canada soured the outlook for a quick global recovery.

The safety bid also bolstered the yen, which climbed to a fresh seven-week peak of 107.88 per dollar on Wednesday.

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The dollar inched up on Wednesday morning in Asia but remained near multi-week lows as subdued U.S. bond yields also diminished the U.S. currency’s yield appeal.

The U.S. Dollar Index that tracks the greenback against a basket of other currencies inched up 0.01% to 91.40 at 12:37 AM ET (4:37 AM GMT) but was at a seven-week low.

The USD/JPY pair inched up 0.01% to 108.09.

The AUD/USD pair edged down 0.16% to 0.7711 and the NZD/USD pair inched down 0.07% to 0.7168.

The USD/CNY pair inched up 0.02% to 6.4493 while the GBP/USD pair edged down 0.11% to 1.3920.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Inflows into cryptocurrency funds and products hit $4.9 billion as of April 16, with the pace of increase slowing a bit in the first two weeks of the month after hitting record levels in the first quarter, data from digital currency manager Coinshares showed on Tuesday.

Inflows in the first two weeks of April hit about $400 million to $4.9 billion, or about 9% higher than an all-time high of $4.5 billion in the first three months of the year.

The pace of inflows had already moderated in the first quarter, after a 240% surge in the fourth.

That said, inflows in the second week of April totaled $233 million, the largest since early March, Coinshares said.

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