By Administrator_India Capital Sands The dollar found support on Thursday from emerging views the Federal Reserve is slowly but surely edging towards a discussion about tightening monetary policy, and as traders await crucial U.S. inflation data this week. In a market heavily short dollars, the mere suggestion of tapering is enough to temper further selling […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands The dollar bounced off three-month lows against European currencies on Thursday after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s last policy meeting revealed there was more talk of tapering its bond purchases than investors had expected. In the Fed minutes, several policymakers said that a discussion about reducing the pace of asset purchases […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands The U.S. dollar was supported on Monday amid renewed worries about coronavirus restrictions in Asia, but investors are heavily positioned for it to fall while the U.S. Federal Reserve keeps rates low. Easing commodity prices and virus outbreaks in Singapore and Taiwan – where COVID-19 had been contained – helped modest […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands The U.S. dollar skidded toward a fourth straight weekly decline against a basket of major peers on Friday, as the Federal Reserve stuck to its message of ultra-low interest rates for longer. The dollar index was on course to end the week 0.2% lower, bringing its losses for April to 2.8%. A four-week […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands The dollar is set to take its cues from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s policy statement and a speech by President Joe Biden on Wednesday, as it seeks to extend recovery from an eight-week low touched earlier in the week against a basket of currencies. The dollar index stood at 90.968, bouncing from Monday’s […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands The dollar headed for its worst back-to-back weekly drop this year amid a continued retreat in Treasury yields from more-than-one-year highs as investors increasingly bought into the Federal Reserve’s insistence of continued monetary support. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield dipped to a one-month low of 1.528% overnight, from as high as 1.776% at […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands The dollar fell to multi-week lows against the euro and the yen on Wednesday, after an uptick in a U.S. consumer price gauge did not spark wider fears about accelerating inflation and the Federal Reserve’s tapering, pushing down U.S. bond yields. The dollar ticked down 0.2% to 108.80 yen, touching its […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands The safe-haven U.S. dollar remained broadly weaker on Wednesday as Treasury yields continued to retreat, restoring some calm to global markets and reigniting demand for riskier assets. Commodity-linked currencies including the Australian dollar and the Norwegian krone held on to sizeable two-day advances. The lower U.S. yields also sapped some of […]
By Administrator_India Capital sands The dollar shrugged off news of President Trump relenting on a threat to block a COVID-19 aid bill in thin trading on Monday with many investors on holiday. The pound hovered below a 2 1/2-year high in the Asian session following the agreement last week of a narrow Brexit trade deal […]
By Administrator_India Capital Sands The dollar was up on Friday morning in Asia but slid through major support levels and was headed towards its worst week in a month. The U.S. Dollar Index that tracks the greenback against a basket of other currencies edged up 0.15% to 89.817 by 9:24 PM ET (2:24 AM GMT). The dollar […]