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As US session kicks off, Dollar is trading mildly higher, with traders eagerly anticipating Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s two-day semiannual testimony before Congress. The key questions looming over the markets are whether the Fed will initiate interest rate cuts in September and if there will be a total of one or two cuts this year.
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Dollar is recovering mildly overnight, as traders prepare for Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s highly anticipated two-day Congressional testimony. Powell is scheduled to address the Senate today and the House tomorrow. Fed’s latest dot plot suggests median expectation of just one rate cut this year. However, recent soft economic data from June, including non-farm payroll numbers,
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Gold prices fell more than 1% on Monday, hurt by a risk-on rally in equities and profit-taking by investors after a sharp rally in the previous session over expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve could cut interest rates in September. Spot gold was down 1.5% to $2,354.59 per ounce as of 12:01 p.m. ET (1601
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Sterling strengthened broadly today, support by comments from Jonathan Haskel, a known hawk on BoE’s MPC. Haskel indicated his preference to maintain interest rates until there is clear evidence that inflationary pressures have subsided sustainably. This stance has introduced some uncertainty regarding the widely anticipated BoE rate cut in August. While many economists still expect
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Euro dips mildly a in Asian session after French parliamentary elections on Sunday delivered unexpected results. The markets had anticipated a challenging outcome for centrist President Emmanuel Macron, including a hung parliament. Yet, the outcome was particularly surprising for Marine Le Pen’s National Rally. Despite being a frontrunner, her party only secured the third spot.
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The past week marked a significant downturn for Dollar, which found itself at the bottom of the currency performance chart. A slew of unfavorable economic reports has highlighted the tangible effects of sustained high interest rates on the American economy, fostering a growing consensus that Fed may begin to ease these rates as soon as
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