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The dollar is cruising toward a third consecutive day of declines and short-term Treasury yields are coming under mild downward pressure as investors firm bets on a fairly-forceful easing path from the Federal Reserve. Most major foreign exchange pairs are caught in narrow trading ranges amid a lack of political and economic catalysts, leaving currencies like the Canadian dollar and Mexican peso almost unchanged on the week. The Fed’s latest Beige Book survey pointed to a slowing in momentum in the world’s largest economy. On balance, “economic activity changed little” between September and October, with three of twelve districts reporting...

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Dollar retreats on dovish messaging from Powell, trade tensions keep simmering

The dollar is retreating and benchmark Treasury yields are plumbing four-week lows after Federal Reserve chair Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell refrained from countering market expectations for rate cuts at each of the central bank’s final two meetings this year. Speaking at the National Association for Business Economic annual meeting in Philadelphia yesterday, Powell said the “outlook for employment and inflation does not appear to have changed much since our September meeting four weeks ago”. Although “growth in economic activity may be on a somewhat firmer trajectory than expected,” available data show “goods price increases primarily reflect tariffs rather than...

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Dollar loses momentum on fading geopolitical risks, Canadian dollar leaps on strong jobs

A nascent recovery in the dollar is stalling out this morning as geopolitical risks in the Middle East, Japan, and the euro area show signs of easing. The greenback is down -0.2 percent against a basket of its major counterparts, Treasury yields are edging lower, and US equity indices are setting up for a modestly-positive open. Oil prices are slipping as markets remain oversupplied and risk premia evaporate in the face of a potential peace agreement between Israel and Hamas, and terms of trade indices—which measure the ratio of export prices to import prices—are turning against the US dollar. The...

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Currency markets enter consolidation mode

Currencies outside the US are in consolidation mode. The Japanese yen is holding near the 153 threshold as traders turn more sceptical on the Takaichi administration’s capacity for delivering fiscal and monetary stimulus, the euro is treading water in line with an ebbing in French political headlines, and the British pound is inching higher amid a lack of domestic rate catalysts. The Canadian dollar—stuck in a narrow technical trading range for days—is moving sideways ahead of a speech from Bank of Canada Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers, and the Mexican peso is pushing higher as optimism surrounding trade relations with the...

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Dollar recovery extends

The dollar is steamrolling over its major counterparts again this morning as investors unwind exposures in other jurisdictions and pile into bets on continued gains in American equity markets. The trade-weighted greenback is up around a quarter-percent from yesterday’s North American close, Treasury yields are slipping across the front end of the curve, and stock market futures are pointing to another advance at the open. Japan’s yen is still tumbling, helping support global liquidity conditions. Shinzo Abe disciple Sanae Takaichi’s win in the weekend’s Liberal Democratic Party leadership election has unleashed a surge in speculative pressure against the currency, pushing...

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