The dollar steadied on Monday - EBC Daily Snapshot

2023-09-25
Summary:

The dollar steadied on Monday and rose against the yen to an almost 11-month high on Monday. The dollar on Friday touched an over six-month high.

EBC Forex Snapshot


25 Sep 2023


The dollar steadied on Monday and rose against the yen to an almost 11-month high on Monday. The dollar on Friday touched an over six-month high.


The single currency was on track to lose roughly 1.9% for the month, its steepest monthly fall since May, amid growing recession fears.


The euro zone economy is likely contract this quarter and won't return to growth anytime soon, a survey showed.

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The ECB has reached the point where it needs to be wary of over-tightening and should try to avoid a hard landing of the economy, ECB policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Monday.

Citibank vs. HSBC Currency Pair Data Comparison

Citi (as of 11 Sep) HSBC (as of 25 Sep)

support resistance support resistance
EUR/USD 1.0688 1.1091 1.0577 1.0762
GBP/USD 1.2448 1.2800 1.2101 1.2503
USD/CHF 0.8556 0.8945 0.8890 0.9137
AUD/USD 0.6365 0.6522 0.6360 0.6516
USD/CAD 1.3387 1.3705 1.3343 1.3659
USD/JPY 144.54 148.85 146.68 149.27

The green numbers in the table indicate an increase in data, the red numbers indicate a decrease in data, and the black numbers indicate that the data remains unchanged.


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