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US Dollar Index (DXY) rises past 99.00 amid trade deal, hawkish Fed
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US Dollar Index (DXY) rises past 99.00 amid trade deal, hawkish Fed
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- The US Dollar Index extends gains to 99.25 after bouncing from 98.57 lows earlier in the week.
- The positive outcome of the US-China trade summit has provided additional support to the USD.
- Fed Powell questioned a December rate cut on Thursday and sent the US Dollar higher.
The US Dollar is trading higher for the second consecutive day against a basket of currencies. The Greenback bounced up strongly on Wednesday, following hawkish comments by Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, to extend gains to the 99.25 area on Thursday's European session, with investors pondering the scope of the Sino-US trade deal.
US President Donald Trump said he had an "amazing" talk with his Chinese counterpart, XI Jinping, which concluded with an agreement to reduce tariffs in exchange for free trade of rare earths and minerals from China and the pledge to resume US soybean purchases. Trump said that a trade deal will come "very soon".
Xi has been a bit more laconic, affirming that both sides have reached a consensus on important economic and trade issues, and urged to finalise works as soon as possible to provide tangible results and "set minds at ease about the economies of China, the US and the world".
On Thursday, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 25 basis points to the 3.75%-4.0% range and announced the end of the quantitative tightening program, as expected. The Dollar remained little changed until Fed Chairman Jerome Powell warned that a December rate cut is far from a foregone conclusion as the conflicting prospects of employment and inflation are generating strongly different views about how to proceed with monetary policy.
The focus on Thursday is on the ECB's monetary policy decision. The bank is widely expected to stand pat on rates, although the market will want to know whether any further rate cuts are on the cards. ECB President Christine Lagarde's comments at the press conference will be carefully analysed and might have a significant impact on the Euro, which would also affect the USD Index.
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The US Dollar (USD) is the official currency of the United States of America, and the 'de facto' currency of a significant number of other countries where it is found in circulation alongside local notes. It is the most heavily traded currency in the world, accounting for over 88% of all global foreign exchange turnover, or an average of $6.6 trillion in transactions per day, according to data from 2022. Following the second world war, the USD took over from the British Pound as the world's reserve currency. For most of its history, the US Dollar was backed by Gold, until the Bretton Woods Agreement in 1971 when the Gold Standard went away.
The most important single factor impacting on the value of the US Dollar is monetary policy, which is shaped by the Federal Reserve (Fed). The Fed has two mandates: to achieve price stability (control inflation) and foster full employment. Its primary tool to achieve these two goals is by adjusting interest rates. When prices are rising too quickly and inflation is above the Fed's 2% target, the Fed will raise rates, which helps the USD value. When inflation falls below 2% or the Unemployment Rate is too high, the Fed may lower interest rates, which weighs on the Greenback.
In extreme situations, the Federal Reserve can also print more Dollars and enact quantitative easing (QE). QE is the process by which the Fed substantially increases the flow of credit in a stuck financial system. It is a non-standard policy measure used when credit has dried up because banks will not lend to each other (out of the fear of counterparty default). It is a last resort when simply lowering interest rates is unlikely to achieve the necessary result. It was the Fed's weapon of choice to combat the credit crunch that occurred during the Great Financial Crisis in 2008. It involves the Fed printing more Dollars and using them to buy US government bonds predominantly from financial institutions. QE usually leads to a weaker US Dollar.
Quantitative tightening (QT) is the reverse process whereby the Federal Reserve stops buying bonds from financial institutions and does not reinvest the principal from the bonds it holds maturing in new purchases. It is usually positive for the US Dollar.
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