US Dollar is Mixed Ahead of July CPI north The US dollar is mixed. It is mostly softer against the G10 currencies, though sterling, the Australian dollar, and Japanese yen are slightly firmer. The greenback is a bit weaker against most of the emerging market currencies. Of note, the PBOC set the dollar’s reference rate at a new [...]
Parallel Play or Joint Intervention? north The Bank of Japan intervened in the foreign exchange market in late July. Initial indications put the operation at roughly JPY8.45 trillion, near $52.8 bln, as the dollar approached JPY164. The mechanics repeated a pattern seen in January. The Federal Reserve reportedly checked on rates, which [...]
Week Ahead: Soft CPI to Follow Disappointing US Jobs Report north The market has not been comfortable since the Federal Reserve meeting at the end of July. Despite the lip-service paid to the Fed's price stability mandate, only three officials favored doing something (raising rates) about it. It was hardly a coincidence then that the media reported that [...]