The dollar index traded around 99.6 on Monday after rising sharply in the previous session, as hawkish remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh led traders to increase bets on an imminent interest rate hike. In his Jackson Hole address on Friday, Warsh warned that inflation is not slowing meaningfully and reaffirmed that policymakers remain […]
The Japanese yen appreciated past 160 per dollar on Monday but remained near one-month lows as the dollar strengthened following hawkish remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh that boosted expectations for a US rate hike in September. Markets are now pricing in around a 57% chance that the Fed will raise rates by 25 […]
The Australian dollar held below $0.72 but remained near its highest level since early June and on track for its second consecutive monthly gain amid growing odds of an imminent interest rate hike. Markets now priced in a 52% probability that the fourth rate hike this year could come as soon as next month, up […]
Dollar and Treasury yields rise on the hawkish tone of Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s Jackson Hole remarks EURUSD is falling following the release of Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s speech and during his remarks, as markets interpreted his message as clearly hawkish. The key point was not that Warsh explicitly signaled a rate hike, but rather […]
The Canadian dollar weakened to 1.39 per USD from a three-month high of 1.376 reached on August 21st, as a more restrictive policy signal from Fed Chair Warsh supported the US dollar. Warsh said the Fed is tracking the PCE index as an inflation gauge, using firmer rhetoric than earlier suggestions that a newly created […]
The Brazilian real weakened to around 5.205 per USD, nearing the one-month low of 5.21 touched on August 14, as a more restrictive policy signal from Fed Chair Warsh supported the US dollar. Warsh said the Fed is tracking the PCE index as its inflation gauge, using firmer rhetoric than earlier suggestions that a newly […]
The Mexican peso weakened to around 17.04 per US dollar from the more than two-year low of 16.91 touched on August 21, as a more restrictive policy signal from Fed Chair Warsh supported the US dollar. Warsh said the Fed is tracking the PCE index as its inflation gauge, using firmer rhetoric than earlier suggestions […]
The Australian Dollar (AUD) ticks higher for the fourth consecutive day against the US Dollar (USD) as investors brace for the Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Kevin Warsh’s speech at the Jackson Hole Symposium, due later on Friday. The AUD/USD pair hit session highs at 0.7205 earlier on the day, its highest level since mid-May, although it is trading at […]
The Japanese yen was handed catalysts for gains in the form of higher Tokyo inflation and falling Japanese unemployment, yet it is losing ground against all G10 currencies. USDJPY is dangerously close to its post-intervention peak (160.00; today: +0.12% to 159.500), and a potential impulse following Kevin Warsh’s speech at Jackson Hole could test the […]
The Swiss Franc (CHF) trades marginally lower against a somewhat firmer US Dollar (USD) on Friday, with market volatility subdued as investors await the speech of the Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman, Kevin Warsh, at the Jackson Hole Symposium, due later on the day. The USD/CHF pair trades practically flat just below 0.8750, on track for a 0.45% […]