Market Briefing: Currency Markets Reverse Direction on Narrowing Yield Gaps
The dollar is tumbling as currency traders unwind wagers on ever-widening gaps between the world’s major central banks. With the Bank of Japan inching closer to a shift in policy direction, the European Central Bank making hawkish noises, and an energy price cap reducing pressure on the Bank of England, yield differentials are moving in a more synchronized fashion than in recent months – and evidence of a slowing in the Chinese economy is helping reduce the greenback’s safe-haven appeal. The pound is recovering after new Prime Minister Liz Truss announced plans to hold average household energy bills at no...