Investing.com - The Australian dollar held steady in early Asia on Tuesday in a light data day with a private bank conditions survey due.
AUD/USD traded at 0.8294, up 0.02%, while USD/JPY changed hands at 120.59, down 0.10%.
In Australia, NAB reports business confidence at 1130 local time (0030 GMT)for November with last month's reading at plus-4
Overnight, the dollar slipped lower against a basket of other major currencies on Monday, but remained close to multi-year highs as Friday's upbeat U.S. employment data continued to support demand for the greenback.
The Labor Department reported on Friday that the U.S. economy added 321,000 jobs in November, far more than the 225,000 forecast by economists and the largest monthly increase in almost three years.
September’s figure was revised up to 243,000 from a previously reported 214,000 and the unemployment rate remained unchanged at a six-year low of 5.8%.
The strong data fuelled to expectations for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates mid-2015, compared to expectations for September 2015 before the report.
The U.S. dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, was down 0.07% to 89.13.