GLOBAL MARKETS-World stocks up, dollar dips as Fed officials calm inflation fears

* MSCI World Index up 0.3%; STOXX Europe 600 up 0.6%
* Japan shares lead gains in Asia, snapping 3-day decline
* Fed Governor Waller signals policy to stay accommodative
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By Simon Jessop and Kevin Buckland
LONDON/TOKYO, May 14 (Reuters) - Global stocks edged higher
and the dollar dipped on Friday after U.S. Federal Reserve
officials said there would be no imminent move to tighten
monetary policy in the world's biggest economy.
The bounce, extending a late recovery in the prior session,
interrupted a three-day rout for stocks globally, amid market
jitters over accelerating U.S. inflation.
The MSCI World Index .MIWD00000PUS , a broad gauge of
equity markets globally, was up 0.3% in early European trading,
adding to Thursday's 0.4% gains after a loss of more than 4%
since the start of the week.
The STOXX Europe 600 Index .STOXX was up 0.6% in early
deals while the FTSE 100 .FTSE , Europe's biggest index, was up
0.7%.
The gains followed overnight strength in Asia, where Tokyo's
Nikkei .N225 jumped 2.3%, while MSCI's broadest index of
Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS gained 0.8%
and Chinese blue chips .CSI300 rose 2.2%.
U.S. stock futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street,
with S&P 500 futures ESc1 up 0.6% and its Nasdaq peer up 0.8%.
Among Fed speakers overnight, Governor Christopher Waller
signalled rates would not rise until policymakers either see
inflation above target for a long time or excessively high
inflation. "Inflation, it seems, matters less today than yesterday,"
Chris Weston, head of research at broker Pepperstone in
Melbourne, wrote in a note to clients.
"The buy-the-dip crowd were out in force," suggesting that
recent selling was "a pullback within a bull market," he said.
Looking ahead, traders will wait for the release of a fresh
batch of U.S. data including April retail sales, industrial
production and capacity utilisation, while the Dallas Federal
Reserve President is also set to speak.
In Europe, meanwhile, the European Central Bank is set to
publish the accounts of its April meeting.
Benchmark 10-year Treasury yields US10YT=RR were down fell
by nearly 4 basis points overnight and eased further to trade at
1.6539%. US/
After holding steady in Asia overnight, the U.S. currency
edged lower against a basket of its major peers, with the dollar
index =USD down 0.2% at 90.57, taking a breather after recent
strong gains.
Gold XAU= was last up 0.3% at $1,832 an ounce, helped by
the pullback in the dollar.
Oil prices steadied around flat on the day as investors
focused on high coronavirus cases in key consumer India and the
return to action of a top U.S. fuel pipeline network after being
shut due to a cyber attack. O/R
Brent crude LCOc1 was unchanged at $67.05 a barrel, while
U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude CLc1 was up 0.1% at $63.88
a barrel.
In cryptocurrencies, bitcoin BTC=BTSP recovered to trade
just above $50,000 on Friday, after plunging to a 2-1/2-month
low of $45,700 in the previous session when a media report of a
regulatory probe into crypto exchange Binance added to pressure
from Tesla Inc TSLA.O chief Elon Musk reversing his stance on
accepting the digital currency. Much smaller rival dogecoin jumped as much as 20% to $0.52
after Musk said on Twitter that he was involved in work to
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(Editing by Shri Navaratnam and Toby Chopra)