The U.S. dollar rallied across the board on Friday after data showed the world's largest economy created more jobs than expected last month, reinforcing expectations that the Federal Reserve will pause its rate-cutting cycle at its policy meeting later this month.

The dollar was rising ahead of U.S. nonfarm payrolls data that could provide hints on the timing of the Federal Reserve's next interest-rate cut. The balance of risks is tilted toward dollar gains as

The dollar looked set to log a sixth straight week of outperformance against other currencies on Friday, underpinned by elevated bond yields and expectations of another strong set of U.S. job numbers,