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 …
Read More »USD Near Two-Year Low Ahead of Fed Statement
The US Dollar (USD) declined on Wednesday to its lowest level in about two years, as the Federal Reserve is expected to announce later today its monetary policy decision of maintaining interest rates near 0% for the foreseeable future. The Dollar index (DXY), which measures the USD’s performance against a …
Read More »DXY to Settle Lower by 0.8%
The Dollar Index (DXY), which measures the performance of the US Dollar (USD) against a basket of major international peers, declined on Monday, due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the United States. Meanwhile, the market is anticipating the Congress passing a new economic stimulus package, as well …
Read More »USD Maintains Losses with Rising Safe Haven Demand
The US Dollar (USD) is trading lower against major currencies on Friday, with the market seeing rising demand for safe havens, in light of the escalating tensions between the US and China and the rising number of COVID-19 cases across many countries. The demand for safe haven, evident by gold …
Read More »USD is Falling on Tensions
The US dollar on the dollar index, which measures the strength of the US currency against a basket of major currencies, fell to the lowest level in four months to continue to decline with investors in wait and see attitude by what the tension between the United States and China …
Read More »USD Weakens Against Major Currencies
The US Dollar (USD) is showing a weak performance during the first session of the week, despite the lack of major economic data. The United States continues to hold the highest number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases worldwide, with multiple record-high daily surges in recent weeks. The Dollar Index (DXY), …
Read More »DXY Recovers and Exceeds 96.8
The US Dollar (USD) recovered from its lowest level in four weeks and rose against most global currencies. The Dollar Index (DXY), which measures the performance of the US currency against a basket of six major currencies, is up by 0.39% for the day at 96.81. This comes after the …
Read More »USD Maintains its Gains as Worries Dominate The Market
USD keep its gains on Wednesday as headlines of an increase in Covid-19 cases in US and lockdown measures in some countries provided the demand for the greenback. Federal Reserve officials have expressed fears that economic growth will be affected by the continued rise of Covid-19 cases in the country …
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