US Dollar bears move in as markets turn on a dime during Fed event – Crypto News – Crypto News
Connect with us
US Dollar Index meets offers following a mixed NFP report US Dollar Index meets offers following a mixed NFP report

others

US Dollar bears move in as markets turn on a dime during Fed event – Crypto News

Published

2 years ago

on

  • The US Dollar is back on its backside following a mixed reaction to the Fed event.
  • Two-way price action was the outcome in financial asset classes as the Fed and US Dollar prints fresh bear cycle lows.

The US Dollar is tailing off from the highs that were made on the knee-jerk in what was perceived to be a hawkish rate hike of 50 basis points by the United States Federal Reserve. At the time of writing, DXY, an index that measures the US Dollar vs. A basket of currencies, is correcting all of the post-Fed announcement rally from the high of 104.163 to the current level of 103.448.

While the Fed has signaled its plans to keep lifting rates next year to combat high inflation Fed’s chair Jerome Powell is currently speaking and his comments have given mixed messages to the market. Consequently, we are seeing two-way price action across asset classes, including the US Dollar and bonds, More on Powell below.

US Treasury yields have spun around in the 10-year from a high of 3.5610% to print 3.47% currently, well on course towards the day’s low of 3.46%.

Fed key takeaways

  • The Federal Reserve hikes 50 basis points, as expected
  • Target Range stands at 4.25% – 4.50%.
  • The vote was unanimous.
  • The guidance in the statement repeats that: “The Committee anticipates that ongoing increases in the target range will be appropriate.”

Powell’s comments

Opening remarks:

We still have “some ways to go”.

We expect ongoing hikes are appropriate to get sufficiently restrictive.

The US economy slowed ‘significantly’ from last year.

Without price stability, no sustained strong labor market.

Strongly committed to inflation target.

Yet to feel full effects of tightening, have more work to do.

Not at restrictive policy stance yet.

Recent Comments:

Getting close to sufficiently restrictive rates level.

No rate cuts until confident inflation moving towards 2%.

By middle of 2023 should begin to see slower inflation from housing services sector.

Size of February rate hike will depend on incoming data.

dxy technical analysis

The M-formation is a reversal pattern that has shown up on the daily charts above. While on the front side of the trendline, a move into the neckline could be the next phase of the bearish cycle prior to a downside continuation to test 102.00 and below.

Related Topics:
Continue Reading
Click to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Trending