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The dollar index (DXY00 ) this morning is down by -0.26% and posted a 7-week low. The dollar is under pressure after today’s U.S. Feb unemployment report bolstered expectations for the Fed to begin cutting interest rates by the June FOMC meeting. Today’s fall in the 10-year T-note yield to...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Thursday rose by +0.16%. On Thursday, the dollar recovered from early losses and moved higher as hawkish comments from San Francisco Fed President Daly and Atlanta Fed President Bostic pushed back the chances of Fed rate cuts until later this year. The dollar initially...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) this morning is down -0.28%. An easing of U.S. price pressures that is dovish for Fed policy is weighing on the dollar today after the Jan core PCE deflator rose at the slowest pace in 2-3/4 years. Losses in the dollar accelerated after the Jan...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Wednesday rose by +0.13% and posted a 1-week high. Weakness in stocks on Wednesday has boosted liquidity demand for the dollar. Also, hawkish comments Wednesday from Fed Presidents Williams, Bostic, and Collins undercut precious metals when they said they favored waiting before cutting interest...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) this morning is up by +0.18% at a 1-week high. Weakness in stocks today has boosted liquidity demand for the dollar. Today’s revised U.S. Q4 GDP report was mixed for the dollar after Q4 GDP was revised lower, but Q4 personal consumption and the Q4...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Monday closed down -0.38%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -0.16%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -0.02%. On Monday, stock indexes gave up early gains and closed lower as they...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Monday fell by -0.11%. The dollar was undercut by strength in the euro, which rose on hawkish ECB comments. Also, Monday’s weaker-than-expected U.S. Jan new home sales report weighed on the dollar. Higher T-note yields Monday limited declines in the dollar. U.S. Jan new...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) this morning is down by -0.11%. The dollar is under pressure this morning on strength in the euro, which rose on hawkish ECB comments. Also, today’s weaker-than-expected U.S. Jan new home sales report weighed on the dollar. U.S. Jan new home sales rose +1.5% to...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Friday finished little changed, down by -0.01%. Friday’s rally in the S&P 500 to a new record high curbed liquidity demand for the dollar. Also, lower T-note yields on Friday undercut the dollar. Comments from New York Fed President Williams were negative for the...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) this morning is slightly lower but remains above Thursday’s 3-week low. The dollar is under pressure today from the rally in the S&P 500 to a new record high, which has curbed liquidity demand for the dollar. Lower T-note yields today are also undercutting the...

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Wednesday fell by -0.07% but stayed above Tuesday’s 2-week low. On Wednesday, the dollar posted modest losses after the weekly MBA mortgage applications report showed the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate rose above 7% for the first time in 2 months, a negative factor...