©2015 Bloomberg News NOBB9R6K513R (Bloomberg) — The dollar maintained losses, trading near an almost four-month low versus Australia’s currency after stagnant U.S. retail sales data fueled speculation policy makers will put off interest-rate increases. Oil dropped. The Aussie was steady at 81.12 U.S. cents by 9:41 a.m. in Sydney, after jumping

published May 2nd 2016, 3:00 pm, by Jeremy Herron and Joseph Ciolli (Bloomberg) — U.S. shares rose the most in two weeks and the dollar weakened to the lowest in almost a year as traders lowered expectations for higher interest rates as manufacturing slowed last month. Emerging-market assets retreated with