The U.S. Dollar (USD) is rising on Friday, supported by positive economic data that showed an expansion in the output of the services and industrial sectors, registering fresh daily highs, after hitting its lowest level in roughly four months. However, the greenback is yet to recover all of its weekly …
Read More »Dollar Erases All Gains Driven by Fed’s Meeting Minutes
The U.S. Dollar (USD) returned to the downward trend on Thursday, declining against most major currencies and erasing its short-lived gains following the release of the Federal Reserve April’s meeting minutes yesterday. Markets were relatively taken by surprise when the minutes showed that although members of the Federal Open Market …
Read More »Dollar Nears First Rise After Three Declines
The U.S. Dollar (USD) leveled up on Wednesday, to near logging its first daily rise in four sessions, after the release of the Federal Reserve’s April meeting minutes. The Dollar Index (DXY), which measures the greenback’s performance against a basket of six major international currencies, is up by 0.48% at …
Read More »USD Maintains Negative Trend for the Third Day
The U.S. Dollar (USD) maintained a negative performance on Tuesday, failing to recover his recent losses against major peers for the third consecutive session as Treasury bond yields stalled. Federal Reserve officials, including Robert Kaplan and Richard Clarida, recently reiterated the message that the central bank does not expect to …
Read More »U.S. Dollar Returns to Downward Trend
The U.S. Dollar (USD) declined on Friday, returning to its downward trend after rising for two consecutive sessions, as Treasury bond yields fell. A surge in inflation, the biggest in more than a dozen years, prompted a decline in the yields of long-term debt instruments and led to varied expectations …
Read More »USD Above 10-Week Lows as Treasury Yields Rise
The U.S. Dollar (USD) is showing a mostly negative performance on Monday, amid concerns among investors about the prospects of a rise in inflation resulting from the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. The Dollar Index (DXY) that measures the greenback against a basket of six major international currencies, is …
Read More »USD Fluctuating Across the Board
The U.S. Dollar (USD) showed a fluctuating performance on Monday, opening the week on a mixed note, amid the absence of major indicators and data on today’s economic calendar. The Dollar Index (DXY), which measures the greenback’s performance against a basket of six major international currencies, is down by 0.06% …
Read More »DXY Continues to Decline Despite Positive Data
The U.S. Dollar (USD) is declining on Friday, nearing another weekly loss, despite data showing more progress in the economic recovery from the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. The Dollar Index (DXY) that measures the greenback against a basket of six major international currencies is down by 0.52% at 90.86. …
Read More »Dollar Declines Following Canada’s Policy Decision
The U.S. Dollar (USD) switched to losses on Wednesday, after rising earlier in the session against its peers, after the Bank of Canada (BoC) signaled a sooner than previously expected rate hike. Although the BoC held its key rate unchanged at 0.25%, it now expects to raise interest rates by …
Read More »DXY Erases Most of Its Daily Gains
The U.S. Dollar (USD) narrowed its daily gains on Friday but remained in the positive territory against major currencies on the back of a rise in Treasury bond yields. The Dollar Index (DXY), which measures the greenback against a basket of six currencies, is up by 0.13% at 92.18, after …
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