Investing.com - The dollar eased Monday as U.S. economic growth expected to have slowed at the start of the year. The dollar index was off 0.11% at 03:00 ET at 100.31 after a high of 100.35. Major banks trimmed their forecasts for U.S. Q1 GDP annual growth to a range of 1.0%-1.5% from 2.1% in Q4. That came on the back of lower-than-expected U.S. personal spending in February. Fed member James Bullard said Friday he sees no need for "preemptive" hikes as inflation remains "tame." Fed members Dudley, Harker, Lacker are due to speak later Monday. President Trump Friday signed two executive orders calling for a probe into trade surpluses and abuses. The orders came ahead of a meeting Thursday and Friday of Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. The dollar was up 0.13% at 111.54 yen after the release of the BoJ's latest Tankan report. Major Japanese manufacturers see the yen averaging 108.43 against the dollar in the current fiscal year. Sterling edged lower but held above $1.25 ahead of U.K. manufacturing PMI data. The euro was steady below $1.07 before euro-zone manufacturing PMI.