The dollar eased on Monday

2024-01-15
Summary:

The dollar weakened on renewed expectations of early Fed rate cuts. An unexpected fall in producer prices indicates a continued decline in inflation.

EBC Forex Snapshot


15 Jan 2024


The dollar eased on Monday as investors revived their bets of early rate cuts by the Fed. Producer prices unexpectedly fell last month, suggesting inflation would continue to subside.


Market pricing now points to a 78% chance that the central bank will begin easing rates in March, as compared to a 68% chance a week ago, according to the CME FedWatch tool.

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The Australian dollar remained weak due to softer inflation and iron ore dip. The commodity tumbled last week by the most in at least five months on concerns about a weakening economy of top consumer China.

Citibank vs. HSBC Currency Pair Data Comparison

Citi (as of 8 Jan) HSBC (as of 15 Jan)

support resistance support resistance
EUR/USD 1.0833 1.1150 1.0836 1.1100
GBP/USD 1.2536 1.2848 1.2630 1.2850
USD/CHF 0.8333 0.8667 0.8377 0.8622
AUD/USD 0.6641 0.6900 0.6592 0.6824
USD/CAD 1.3177 1.3483 1.3241 1.3509
USD/JPY 139.48 144.96 141.29 147.76

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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