The US dollar fell against a basket of major currencies for the fifth consecutive trading session Tuesday, August 18th, approaching its lowest level in two years under pressure from low bond yields and gloomy economic data in the US. The dollar has registered gains over the years, but the Coronavirus …
Read More »DXY Keeps the Downward Trend
The U.S. Dollar (USD) is maintaining its losses on Monday, as the Dollar index (DXY), which measures the performance of the USD against a basket of six major currencies, is close to finishing down by 0.30% at 92.81. The USD biggest losses are against the Australian Dollar (AUD) with 0.55%, …
Read More »NY Empire State Manufacturing Index at 3.7 in August vs 15.0 expected
The US NY Empire State Manufacturing Index fell more than expected in August. It came at 3.7, declined from 17.2 in July and fell short of 15.0 expected. New orders -1.7 vs +13.9 last month, little changed. Employment jumped higher to +2.4 vs +0.4 last month. Shipments +6.7 vs +18.5 …
Read More »USD Continues to Decline on Rising Stocks
The dollar fell to its lowest level in a week against a basket of currencies on Thursday, August 13th, while analysts pointed out that the reasons for the weakness lie in the solid performance of the stock market and the failure of additional stimulus to the US economy. After losing …
Read More »DXY Closes Another Day in Losses
The Dollar Index (DXY), which measures the performance of the U.S. Dollar (USD) against a basket of six major currencies, continued its downward trend on Wednesday. DXY settled lower by 0.21% at 93.43, after moving throughout the day between 93.27 and 9.91 and closing Tuesday at 93.63. The absence of …
Read More »3-7 AUG Review: Gold Prevails
The yellow metal was dominant last week, as it recorded a rise of more than 3% or $ 61 to reach $ 2028 an ounce. The rise in gold came after increasing tensions between the United States and China besides the increase in Covid-19 cases, especially in the US. Oil …
Read More »US Dollar Index Struggles to Keep 93.00 Post NFP
The US dollar index, which measures the greenback’s against a group of major currencies, remains on the buying bias unchanged around 93.00 on Friday, and the index retreated from its daily gains to 93.30 and drops to test the 93.00 area as it lacked momentum after the US NFP report. …
Read More »US Trade Deficit Narrows to $50.7 Billion
The United States’ international trade deficit declined by $4.1 billion to $50.7 billion in June, the data published jointly by the US Census Bureau and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis showed on Wednesday. This reading followed a deficit of $54.8 billion in May and came in slightly worse than …
Read More »USD Sees Strong Gains on Economic Data
The U.S. Dollar Index (DXY), which measures the performance of the USD against a basket of six major currencies, registered strong gains on Monday. The gains of the USD came on the back of positive economic data that reflects an improvement in the American manufacturing sector and the US economy …
Read More »USD Tries to Recover Some Ground
The US Dollar (USD) is recovering on Thursday from some of its recent losses, which brought the greenback to its lowest level in nearly two years. The USD is trying to gain some support from the recent remarks by the US Federal Reserve that reiterated the commitment to support the …
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