Dollar holds firm as French fiscal woes keep euro on back foot
Key takeaway
Dollar hits 17-month peak as traders pare Fed hike bets after cooling US jobs data.
- Step 1 · The triggercooling US employment data reduces trader expectations of a Fed rate hike, weakening the dollar's rate-differential support
- Step 2 · Knock-ondespite reduced hike expectations, the dollar still climbs to a 17-month peak as relative safe-haven demand and rate differentials favor it
- Step 3 · Knock-onconcerns over France's debt and political instability weaken the euro, mechanically lifting the dollar index
- Step 4 · Reaches youa stronger dollar lowers the USD cost of imported inputs for US SMEs, improving their purchasing power
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Source: IN:Economic Times
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