Dollar climbs against rivals as rest-of-world rate expectations fall
As another trading day dawns, markets look ever more optimistic that the worst is behind the economy, in both growth and inflation terms. Global equity indices are up and government bond yields are down after the UK reported a sharp decline in inflation pressures, measures of expected volatility are plumbing post-pandemic lows, and the dollar is gaining against most of its peers as rate differentials tilt back in its favour. Inflation fell more quickly than expected in the UK last month, easing pressure on the Bank of England and helping take some air out of the pound. Numbers released by the Office...