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The NZD/USD pair trades in negative territory near 0.5950 during the early Asian trading hours on Monday. The New Zealand Dollar (NZD) remains weak against the US Dollar (USD) after the release of the Chinese inflation report. The US Existing Home Sales data for April is due later on Monday.

China’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) climbed 1.2% in April from a year ago after arriving at a rise of 1.0% in March, the National Bureau of Statistics of China reported on Monday. The market consensus was for 0.8% in the reported period.

ING’s Peter Virovacz notes that Hungary’s inflation accelerated in April but remained a positive surprise versus expectations, with headline Consumer Price Index (CPI) at 2.1% year-on-year and 0.4% month-on-month.

DBS Group Research economist Radhika Rao assesses how a projected below normal monsoon in India, linked to a strong El Niño, could affect growth and inflation.

Wells Fargo Economics expects April U.S. CPI to firm, with headline inflation rising toward 3.8% year-over-year and core near 2.9%.

EUR/USD edges higher during the North American session amid heightened tensions in the Middle East, even though a solid US jobs report might prevent the Fed from cutting rates in the first half of the year. The pair trades at 1.1775, up 0.44%.

In an interview with CNBC on Friday, Federal Reserve (Fed) Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said that the job market is "pretty stable."