2024-07-08
EBC Forex Snapshot, 8 Jul 2024
The dollar was flat on Monday following a nearly 1% loss last week. Traders currently set about 76% odds for a rate cut at the Fed's September meeting, according to the CME Group's FedWatch Tool.
Sterling rose to its highest level in more than 3 weeks as the Labour Party's landslide election ended 14 years of Conservative rule. It has been one of the best-performing major currencies so far this year.
Left-leaning Labour has pledged to upgrade Britain's creaking infrastructure and solve a housing shortage while keeping spending tight as the UK's tax burden approaches an all-time high.
| Citi (as of 2 Jul) | HSBC (as of 5 Jul) | |||
| support | resistance | support | resistance | |
| EUR/USD | 1.0666 | 1.0916 | 1.0711 | 1.0863 |
| GBP/USD | 1.2616 | 1.2860 | 1.2652 | 1.2819 |
| USD/CHF | 0.8827 | 0.9158 | 0.8867 | 0.9093 |
| AUD/USD | 0.6595 | 0.6729 | 0.6629 | 0.6779 |
| USD/CAD | 1.3577 | 1.3846 | 1.3557 | 1.3716 |
| USD/JPY | 156.23 | 163.40 | 158.26 | 163.11 |
The green numbers in the table indicate that the data has increased compared with the previous time; the red numbers indicate that the data has decreased compared with the previous time; and the black numbers indicate that the data has remained unchanged.
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