The U.S. dollar continued its early advance against the other major currencies in the Asian session on Wednesday, as traders awaited U.S. jobs data and the European Central Bank meeting due this week.

The U.S. jobs data for February is slated for release on Friday. Economists expect the unemployment rate to fall 5.6 percent in February, compared to 5.7 percent in January.

A strong reading could prompt the Federal Reserve to hike rates soon. Meanwhile, uncertainty over whether the U.S. Federal Reserve will start raising interest rates by mid-year or wait a while longer remain.

Some economists expect the Fed will quit the word "patient" in its forward guidance at its policy meeting on March 17-18, supporting the way for a possible rate hike in June.

Traders also look forward to the release of the ADP employment report and the ISM non-manufacturing report due later in the day, as well as the weekly jobless claims data on Thursday.

The European Central Bank policy makers are due to meet in Cyprus for a 2-day monetary policy meeting on Thursday. Traders focus on the commencement of the bank's quantitative easing program. The bank will provide further details on its 1 trillion euro ($1.118 trillion) government bond-buying program, which begins this month.

Tuesday, the U.S. dollar rose 0.07 percent against the euro, 0.05 percent against the pound, 0.20 percent against the Swiss franc and 0.05 percent against the yen.

In the Asian trading today, the U.S. dollar rose to more than 1-1/2-month high of 0.9627 against the Swiss franc, from yesterday's closing value of 0.9608. On the upside, 1.02 is seen as the next resistance level for the greenback.

Against the euro and the pound, the greenback edged up to 1.1164 and 1.5344 from yesterday's closing quotes of 1.1174 and 1.5355, respectively. If the greenback extends its uptrend, it is likely to find resistance around 1.10 against the euro and 1.51 against the pound.

Moving away from an early low of 119.48 against the yen, the greenback edged up to 119.77. The greenback is likely to find resistance around the 122.05 region.

The greenback edged up to 1.2506 against the Canadian dollar. At yesterday's close, the greenback was trading at 1.2494 against the loonie. The greenback may test resistance near the 1.28 region.

Looking ahead, PMI reports from major European economies for February and Eurzone retail sales data for January are due to be released in the European session.

In the New York session, Markit's U.S. PMI, ISM U.S. non-manufacturing PMI and private sector employment report - all for February are slated for release.

At 9:00 am ET, U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans will deliver a speech about the economic outlook and monetary policy at the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Rotary Club 2015 Economic Breakfast in Lake Forest.

Around 45 minutes later, Bank of England's Deputy Governor Andrew Bailey is expected to speak on currency at Treasury Committee Hearing, U.K.

The Bank of Canada will announce its interest rate decision at 10:00 am ET. Economists expect the bank to retain interest rates unchanged at 0.75 percent.

At 2:00 pm ET, U.S. Federal Reserve releases Beige Book report.

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