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Dollar Stalls as Risk Appetite Ebbs

The dollar is trading below last week’s one-year high this morning, with softness in equity markets helping limit marginal flows into the US financial system. The S&P 500 has given back more than half of its post-election gains on a more hawkish outlook for monetary policy – and some scepticism on the earnings front – ten-year Treasury yields are holding at around 4.46 percent, and risk appetite is ebbing across a range of asset classes. Data last week showed the US economy maintaining strong underlying momentum. Retail sales increased slightly more than expected in October, suggesting that consumer demand is...

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Easing Expectations Fall, Markets Retreat

The dollar is still making the weather in global financial markets this morning, heading for a circa 1.5-percent weekly gain, even as it weakens slightly on a modest softening in overall risk sentiment. Treasury yields are holding at elevated levels as investors ratchet rate cutting expectations lower, and equity futures are pointing toward another weak session as uncertainty grows around the economy’s potential performance under a second Trump administration. Expectations for the Federal Reserve’s easing trajectory are pulling back after two influential officials said the central bank could take its time in cutting rates. In a speech given to business...

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Dollar Stages Comeback On Political Risks and Inflation Jitters

And it’s back. The dollar is extending its post-election rally this morning, gaining against all of its major counterparts – excepting the safe-haven Swiss franc – as markets continue to adjust to a future in which US policymakers maintain expansionary fiscal policies, raise barriers to trade, and fold the security umbrella that has underpinned global growth since the Second World War. A series of nomination announcements in the last two days – including former Fox News personality Pete Hegseth as Defense Secretary, NATO-sceptic Tulsi Gabbard as director of National Intelligence, and firebrand congressman Matt Gaetz as Attorney General – have...

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Currencies Trade Mixed Ahead of Inflation Print

Currency markets are struggling against dangerous cross currents this morning as traders grapple with the impact Donald Trump’s policies might have on inflation, capital costs, and global trade. In a series of announcements published over the last two days, the president-elect appointed a number of loyalists to key positions, suggesting that he intends to follow through on campaign pledges that could raise prices, force the Federal Reserve to ease more slowly, and hammer trade-dependent economies outside the United States. Yields are pushing higher, equity futures are setting up for a weaker open, and the greenback is trading on a mixed...

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Trump Trade Recovers, Pushes Dollar Higher

The almighty greenback is trading near a four-month high against its major rivals as market participants double down on the ‘Trump trade’ ahead of January’s inauguration date. With Republicans expected to cement control over both houses of Congress in the days ahead and early cabinet appointments exhibiting clear signs of a hawkish bent, the president-elect is positioned to implement an uncompromising policy agenda focused on lowering taxes, cutting immigration, rolling back the regulatory state, and raising tariffs against a broad range of trading partners – a mix that could raise inflation expectations and widen rate differentials in the dollar’s favour....

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