U.S. dollar slips ahead of Fed chair's speech

NEW YORK, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. dollar weakened in late trading on Thursday as traders assessed the Federal Reserve's policy path forward.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, decreased 0.19 percent to 108.4670.

In late New York trading, the euro was up to 0.9973 U.S. dollars from 0.9965 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound rose to 1.1828 U.S. do