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US ADP Employment Change 4-week average increases to 16.25K
Private-sector hiring in the US has gained further pace in later August. According to the NER Pulse, the weekly companion to the ADP National Employment Report, companies added an average of 16.25K jobs per week in the four weeks ending August 29.
Experts agree: Fed will follow monetary tightening path even beyond September meeting
The US Dollar (USD) outperforms its major currency peers on Tuesday, following strong United States (US) Treasury Yields on expectations that the Federal Reserve (Fed) will remain on the monetary tightening path even after hiking interest rates at the policy meeting on Wednesday.
US Dollar: Consolidation with two-way risks – OCBC
OCBC strategist Christopher Wong notes the US Dollar Index (DXY) around 99.5, supported by higher Oil, elevated UST yields and softer risk sentiment. He highlights tentative bullish daily momentum and two-way risks, with resistance near 99.80–100.30 and support around 99.30–98.00.
NZD/USD Price Forecast: Finds bids below 61.8% Fibo retracement
The New Zealand Dollar (NZD) recovers half of its early losses against the US Dollar (USD), but is still 0.17% down at around 0.5770 during the European trading session on Tuesday.
Dow Jones futures fall as traders brace for Fed rate decision
Dow Jones futures fall by 0.56% to trade near 52,150 during European hours on Tuesday. Meanwhile, S&P 500 futures decline by 0.42% to trade around 7,590, while Nasdaq 100 futures drop by 0.37% to trade near 29,050.
US Dollar: Rising yields support risk-off tone – MUFG
MUFG’s Lee Hardman notes the US Dollar (USD) has strengthened ahead of the FOMC meeting as Fed tightening expectations are repriced higher. The US Dollar Index (DXY) has recovered to levels seen before the August Treasury buyback announcement, with US yields rising sharply.
US Dollar Index Price Forecast: DXY eyes 99.80 confluence hurdle as focus remains on Fed
The US Dollar Index (DXY), which tracks the Greenback against a basket of currencies, maintains a positive bias for the fourth straight day on Tuesday and climbs back closer to a nearly two-week high, which it touched the previous day.
United States Dollar Index strengthens above 99.50 as Fed rate hike bets rise
The US Dollar Index (DXY), an index of the value of the US Dollar (USD) measured against a basket of six world currencies, currently trades near 99.60 in the Asian trading hours on Tuesday. The DXY edges higher on expectations of a US Federal Reserve (Fed) interest rate hike on Wednesday.Â
Forex Today: US Dollar firms ahead of UK jobs and a midweek Fed decision
The US Dollar Index (DXY) held firm at the start of the week, staying above the 99.00 mark and trading near 99.40, still short of the 100.00 threshold.
US Dollar Index: Fed pricing supports gains – Scotiabank
Scotiabank strategists Shaun Osborne and Eric Theoret note the US Dollar (USD) is firm at the start of FOMC week as swaps now price an 85% chance of tightening on Wednesday.
US Dollar: Hawkish Fed may offer only limited gains - BBH
Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Elias Haddad expects the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to deliver a 25 bps hike to 3.75%-4.00%, its first move since July 2023, justified by above-target inflation and a solid labor market.
The Dollar Index climbs on Fed hike bets and stalls at its usual ceiling
The Dollar Index trades near 99.50, up 0.4% on the day, and it made the whole of that gain while America was asleep. A 5% Treasury yield sounds like the best thing that could happen to the Dollar, and New York has spent the morning selling it.
Dow Jones Industrial Average loses another round to rising bond yields
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down around 200 points and trades just under 52,400, and the reason is less exciting than the headlines. Those are about artificial intelligence (AI) and a sell-off in chip stocks, and that story belongs to the Nasdaq Composite, down about 1%.