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    HomeForexGreenback weakens as mushy information helps US recession outlook

    Greenback weakens as mushy information helps US recession outlook

    By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss

    NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. greenback fell on Thursday as weak information bolstered expectations that the world’s largest economic system is probably going heading into recession, bolstering the view that the Federal Reserve might take a break in June after one other fee hike anticipated subsequent month.

    The dollar hit session lows in opposition to the yen and euro after information confirmed an increase in weekly jobless claims, a precipitous drop in mid-Atlantic enterprise exercise and a drop in gross sales of current homes.

    However feedback from Cleveland Fed Chair Loretta Mester that the US central financial institution nonetheless had extra rate of interest hikes to come back helped the greenback pare its losses. She famous, nonetheless, that the Fed’s fee hikes over the previous yr to stifle excessive inflation are coming to an finish.

    His feedback got here a day after New York Fed President John Williams stated inflation was nonetheless at problematic ranges and the US central financial institution would act to carry it down.

    “The rhetoric popping out of the Fed…is that it is trying to maintain charges greater for longer,” stated Alvise Marino, macro strategist at Credit score Suisse in New York.

    He added, nonetheless, that with US information, “we might see a lack of rate of interest help for the greenback,” noting that “the market has a fairly aggressive view that the Fed goes to chop charges this yr.”

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    Thursday’s information confirmed preliminary claims within the US rose barely to 245,000 over the previous week, whereas the earlier week was revised to point out 1,000 extra claims than beforehand reported.

    A separate report from the Philadelphia Fed confirmed its measure of manufacturing unit exercise within the Mid-Atlantic area dipped to the bottom stage in almost three years in April. Producers within the area anticipated exercise to stay subdued over the subsequent six months.

    It isn’t a lot completely different within the housing sector in the USA. Gross sales of current houses fell 2.4% to a seasonally adjusted annual fee of 4.44 million items final month. They’d risen in February for the primary time in a yr.

    “It is more and more clear that the US economic system is heading into recession. It is solely a matter of time,” stated Erik F. Nelson, macro strategist at Wells Fargo (NYSE:) Securities in London.

    “A US recession can be unhealthy for the greenback. If the US leads the world into recession, it is onerous to see sturdy demand for the greenback.”

    US fee futures forecast an almost 90% likelihood of a 25 foundation level fee hike subsequent month and a roughly 69% likelihood of a break in June.

    In afternoon buying and selling, the , which tracks the worth of the dollar in opposition to a basket of main currencies, slipped 0.1% to 101.84 after sliding to its lowest stage since early Friday. FEBRUARY.

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    To this point this yr, the greenback index has fallen 1.6% after sturdy beneficial properties of greater than 8% in 2022.

    Towards the yen, the greenback fell 0.3% to 134.30 yen. It fell 0.5% in opposition to the Swiss franc to 0.8934 francs.

    The euro was regular at $1.0962, not too far off a one-year excessive hit final week in opposition to the greenback.

    The European Central Financial institution is anticipated to boost charges for a seventh consecutive assembly on Might 4, offering help for the euro. Policymakers are converging on a 25 foundation level hike, though a much bigger transfer is just not but on the desk.

    Elsewhere, the pound slid 0.1% to $1.24, pulling away from a 10-month excessive of $1.2545 hit on Friday. Hotter-than-expected CPI numbers in Britain boosted bets for a Might Financial institution of England fee hike.

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    Foreign money bid worth at 4:00 p.m. (2000 GMT)

    Description RIC Final US Shut Pct Change YTD Pct Highest Bid Lowest Bid

    Earlier edit

    Session

    Greenback index 101.8200 101.9900 -0.15% -1.614% +102.1200 +101.6300

    Euro/Greenback $1.0964 $1.0957 +0.07% +2.33% +$1.0990 +$1.0934

    Greenback/Yen 134.2450 134.7300 -0.35% +2.40% +134.9650 +134.0200

    Euro/Yen 147.20 147.57 -0.25% +4.92% +147.8300 +147.0300

    Greenback/Swiss 0.8934 0.8976 -0.45% -3.36% +0.8983 +0.8920

    Pound sterling/greenback $1.2437 $1.2441 -0.03% +2.84% +$1.2467 +$1.2405

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    Greenback/Canadian 1.3477 1.3458 +0.15% -0.52% +1.3489 +1.3448

    Aussie/Greenback $0.6737 $0.6714 +0.33% -1.18% +$0.6771 +$0.6697

    Euro/Switzerland 0.9796 0.9829 -0.34% -1.00% +0.9838 +0.9792

    Euro/pound sterling 0.8814 0.8805 +0.10% -0.34% +0.8825 +0.8804

    New Zealand $0.6169 $0.6200 -0.51% -2.86% +$0.6205 +$0.6150

    Greenback/Greenback

    Greenback/Norway 10.5920 10.5830 +0.16% +8.01% +10.6200 +10.5650

    Euro/Norway 11.6119 11.5838 +0.24% +10.70% +11.6438 +11.5902

    Greenback/Sweden 10.3156 10.3487 -0.28% -0.89% +10.3647 +10.2960

    Euro/Sweden 11.3078 11.3395 -0.28% +1.42% +11.3549 +11.3060

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