Market Briefing: Dollar Slips as Traders Prepare for One Last Summer Squall
Across the financial markets, traders are battening down the hatches in preparation for a stormy reaction to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech in Jackson Hole later this morning. Ten-year Treasury yields are up, equity indices are returning some of yesterday’s gains. The dollar is trading on a slightly weaker footing – up against the pound and the Mexican peso, down against the euro, yen, yuan, and loonie. Traders think Powell will reiterate a data-dependent policy stance, leaving expectations for the September meeting essentially unmoved. Although the Fed chair’s thoughts on current economic conditions will be carefully analyzed, there will...