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Decoding Last Week's Market Moves: Beyond the Trade Headlines
The news last weekend of the massive Trump climb down on Chinese tariffs buoyed the dollar, but the bump soon faded and the dollar ended the week down against all of its G10 peers and nearly all major currencies worldwide.
Pound retreats from new highs after Farage election announcement. Investors keep a close eye on Trump’s feelings towards the US-China trade war.
Dollar bounces back on economic optimism, higher yields. The Bank of England delivered a dovish surprise, with 2 dissenters to keeping the rate steady.
Optimism surrounding the striking of a possible US-China trade deal swept through financial markets on Thursday, lifting risk assets and triggering a reversal in recent safe-haven flows.
Optimism surrounding the striking of a possible US-China trade deal swept through financial markets on Thursday, lifting risk assets and triggering a reversal in recent safe-haven flows.
Safe-havens gained, while emerging market currencies sold-off on Wednesday on expectations that the yet to be ratified ‘phase one’ trade agreement between the US and China may have to wait until December before signed off.
Hopes that US President Trump could be ready to roll back some of the tariffs he imposed on China as part of the ‘phase one’ trade deal helped boost the dollar against the safe-haven currencies on Tuesday, as did an increase in US Treasury yields.
Hopes that US President Trump could be ready to roll back some of the tariffs he imposed on China as part of the ‘phase one’ trade deal helped boost the dollar against the safe-haven currencies on Tuesday, as did an increase in US Treasury yields.
Markets take a breath after frantic few days of news. Investors attention turns to the Bank of England quarterly Inflation Report on Thursday.