© Shutterstock HSBC has projected an upward trend for the US dollar (USD) against the Euro (EUR) and British Pound (GBP), as reported on Thursday. This forecast is driven by factors such as “US exceptionalism”, potential government shutdown, autoworker strikes, a temporary dip in USD strength, and high yields. The unique balance of growth and
Markets: Gold down $16 to $1848 WTI crude oil down 78-cents to $90.93 US 10-year yields down 0.2 bps to 4.57% S&P 500 down 12 points to 4288 AUD leads, CAD lags The quarter ended with some drama as the US dollar shot higher, recouping losses from European and Asian trading and in some cases
Share: Mexican Peso appreciates more than 0.60% but fails to break support at the 20-day SMA. Mexico’s economic budget saw increased welfare pensions equivalent to 1.4% of the GDP. USD/MXN consolidates in the mid-North American session at around 17.40s. The Mexican Peso (MXN) remains firm versus the US Dollar (USD) on an improvement
The strongest to the weakest of the major currencies As the North American session begins, the NZD is the strongest of the major currencies while the USD is the weakest. In Europe, data was largely weaker than expectations which has sent yields lower and led to gains in stocks in Europe and the US. In
Share: EUR/USD is approaching 1.06. Economists at Commerzbank analyze the pair’s outlook. Interest rate cuts could become concretely apparent in the US In the medium term, we expect the Fed to lower its key rate again next year as the US economy cools. At the same time, the ECB is likely to keep
The NZD and the AUD are ending the day as the strongest of the major currencies. The JPY is the weakest. The latest central bank decision came before the US open, when the Bank of Japan in The rates unchanged but did say that they would consider easy policy exit 1 achievement 2% inflation is
Share: The USD/TRY is rising by 0.45% to 27.11. The CBRT hiked rates to 30% as expected. Due to the Fed’s hawkish pause, US yields continue to rise, pushing the pair to the upside. In Thursday’s session, the USD/TRY gained more ground and broke the 27.00 barrier while investors digested the fresh Central Bank
The Federal Reserve (Fed) kept rates on hold (5.25%-5.5%) at its latest meeting, but delivered a hawkish hold as what markets were anticipating – or rather, more hawkish. The Fed’s dot plot left the door open for one more rate hike by the end of this year as before, but were only looking for two
Share: Markets have already written the script for the Fed today: a hawkish hold, and an unchanged 2023 dot plot. Any FX action would depend on potential revisions to the 2024 dots, economists at ING report. FOMC not a huge event for the Dollar The overall message by the Fed should be supportive
Share: The index trades within a tight range just above 105.00. The FOMC meeting will take centre stage later in the session. The Fed is expected to keep rates unchanged on Wednesday. The greenback attempts some consolidative move in the low 105.00s when measured by the USD Index (DXY) ahead of the opening
