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Minutes to disaster

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2016
... information would make it appropriate to adjust the stance of policy at the time of the next meeting." Then it hurt. The US dollar index climbed half a percent on the day the minutes were released (18 May) to close that week 0.8% higher. Yields on 10-year ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
... only be temporary. The resurgence in the US dollar could be the underlying reason behind this month's fall. The US dollar index has gained 2.1% to 94.56 from this year's low of 92.63. The inflation readings from the Empire State survey should keep the ...

Janet's words stronger than BOJ and ECB bazookas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2016
... against the Australian and Canadian dollars, the British pound and the Swiss franc, among others. Overall the US dollar index is down 4.1% this year. Perhaps now The Office of the US Executive Director at the IMF (OUSED) would stop whinging about the ...

US dollar downed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2016
... 500 index closed 0.5% higher after dropping by as much as 1.5% overnight - as the US dollar plunged - Bloomberg US dollar index down 1.6% -- and oil prices soared by around 7% (despite the Department of Energy's report that crude oil inventories in the ...

The Fed is Greek too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
... again and again... and again... forevermore. For no sooner as lift-off talks re-emerge the US dollar rises -- the US dollar index increased by 1.2% overnight to 95.42 - and that's not good for the US economy. The negative effect if the US dollar's strength ...

US data says...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... gained 0.2% (later than sooner lift-off) but yields on 10-year US Treasuries rose to 2.18% from 2.12% and the US dollar index appreciated by 0.6% to 97.4 overnight (sooner than later lift-off). The reason for this - and this is the best explanation I ...

Strong USD reflects (deflects) lift-off

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
... restraining U.S. net exports and economic growth for a time." Renewed "lift-off now" expectations have pushed the US dollar index back up from a 4-month low of 93.46 to 97.24 overnight. But it's not only the "lift-off now" expectations that are lifting ...

You can forget June

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... to continue to be a factor restraining U.S. net exports and economic growth for a time." Speaking of which, the US dollar index has started strengthening again since hitting a three-month low last Friday, up 2.7% to 95.61 since. A lift-off might not ...

Tug o' currency war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... billion asset purchase programme - that coincided with expectations for a Fed lift-off in June that lifted the US dollar index to a high of 110.39 - triggering speculation that, eventually, one euro would buy one greenback... or even less. This wasn't ...

No downing the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... "adjust policy as needed". Double-up. And then there's the flipside to the A$/US$ exchange - yup, the dollar US. The US dollar index dropped by 1.0% overnight to its lowest level since February this year, down 6.7% from the 100.39 high reached just 2 ...