01-06-2015 20:20 via news.yahoo.com

Dollar climbs in wake of data; Greece talks eyed

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar advanced on Monday after a round of economic data kept expectations alive for an interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve this year, while the euro stumbled on concerns about Greece's financial crisis and soft euro zone data. While data showed U.S. consumer spending remained flat in April, construction spending and manufacturing picked up steam, holding views steady that the Fed will begin to hike interest rates by the end of the
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