08 July 2021 Pound-Dollar Rate Finds Support after FOMC Minutes Challenge 'Hawkish' Market

The Pound-to-Dollar exchange rate entered the penultimate session of the week appearing well supported after minutes of June’s Federal Reserve (Fed) meeting asked awkward questions of market assump…

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01 July 2021 Pound-Dollar Outlook: Jobs Report Increasingly Important for the USD says HSBC

The U.S. Dollar recorded a 2.0% advance against the British Pound in the month of June and how the coming days and weeks play out for the U.S. currency could well depend on the July 02 jobs report.…

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22 June 2021 Dollar Rally Could Lose Steam if Fed's Powell Pushes Back on Market Bets

The Dollar advanced against all major rivals ahead of an important Tuesday address from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell (Fed) which is set to determine if the greenback seeks to advance furt…

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17 June 2021 Dollar Tipped to Remain in Demand Following Fed

Foreign exchange analysts are backing further Dollar strength in the wake of the U.S. Federal Reserve meeting, but the Euro-Dollar exchange rate's dip below 1.20 could ease selling pressures as bar…

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17 June 2021 Pound-Dollar Rate Nurses Wounds after Federal Reserve Shakes Up Market

The Pound-to-Dollar exchange rate was walking wounded near the bottom of its recent range Thursday after the Federal Reserve (Fed) triggered a sharp rally by the Dollar when announcing slightly ada…

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16 June 2021 Potential Euro-Dollar Targets Following the Fed: TD Securities

Wednesday's Federal Reserve event presents the highlight of the week for the foreign exchange market with the outcome potentially setting the tone for currency markets over coming weeks.

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03 June 2021 Pound-Dollar Rate in Tug-of-War as ‘Feddie Krueger’ Risk Returns to Radar

The Pound-to-Dollar exchange rate was softer but off overnight lows in the mid-week session, alongside a once downtrodden Dollar, but could face further indecisive trading ahead as an evolving Fede…

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29 April 2021 Pound-Dollar Rate Higher in Wake of Fed Meeting

The U.S. Dollar deflated in broad overnight losses, enabling the Pound-to-Dollar exchange rate to decisively reclaim 1.39 before looking toward the landmark 1.40 handle after the Federal Reserve st…

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27 April 2021 The Fed Could Open Door to 1.21 and Above in Euro-Dollar Exchange Rate

Investors are turning to the Euro once more as they anticipate it to rise in value against the U.S. Dollar, however the mid-week meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve could determine whether these be…

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09 April 2021 New Data Confirms U.S. Inflation is Heating Up, Fed Tipped to Bring Forward 1st Rate Hike

U.S. inflation is heating up according to new data out on Thursday, prompting one economist to say pressure will now build on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.

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19 March 2021 U.S. Dollar Sweeps Board after Fed Calls Time on Banks' Capital Requirements Reprieve

The Dollar almost cleared from the market the last semblances of resistance to its resurgence on Friday when besting all other major currencies, after the Federal Reserve (Fed) called time on an al…

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18 March 2021 Dollar Recovery is a Warning the Market Might Not be Buying the Fed's Message

The Dollar is rising alongside the yield paid on U.S. government treasury bonds, a sure sign that the market did not buy into the Federal Reserve's message delivered at its March policy meeting.

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17 March 2021 Dollar Declines after Powell Convinces with a 'Lower for Longer' Message

The U.S. Dollar went from boom-to-bust in spectactular fashion late Wednesday after the Federal Reserve (Fed) caught a falling bond market in its arms and in the process burned the fingers of inves…

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17 March 2021 Pound-to-Dollar Rate: Fed Ahead

The Federal Reserve's March policy event is front and centre for foreign exchange markets today and could well determine how the Dollar trades against the Pound and Euro over coming days.

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05 March 2021 Euro-Dollar Slump Gathers Pace, Fall Below 1.20 Justified says Commerzbank

EUR/USD has made a convincing break below the key 1.20 level driven by a surge in U.S. Dollar buying, after Fed Chair Powell failed to directly address a surge in U.S. bond yields.

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04 March 2021 Pound-Dollar: Powell Interview Key to Near-term Outlook

The U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is to sit down with the Wall Street Journal for an interview today and what he says could well dicatate market direction for the next two weeks.

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01 March 2021 A Taper Tantrum is Coming, but Bulls Should Ride it Out

Expectations for higher growth and rising inflation have caused the value of the yield paid on U.S. government bonds to rise rapidly over recent weeks, tightening fiscal conditions not only in the …

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25 February 2021 "Soothing" Fed Talk, Bond Differentials Help Underpin Pound-to-Dollar Rally

A subtle shift in guidance by U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has done enough to send the Dollar lower against the Pound, Euro and other major currencies once more.

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23 February 2021 Dollar and Bonds In Fresh Losses after Powell Pours Cold Water on Taper Talk

The Dollar faltered and the sell-off in bond markets resumed after Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Jerome Powell neglected to indulge misplaced speculation that a tapering of the bank's quantit…

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28 January 2021 Dollar is Best Performer, Powell Bats away Market Volatility Concerns and Maintains a Steady Course

The Dollar has strengthened over the course of the past 24 hours in the wake of the Federal Reserve policy meeting, although the prime driver of the move appears to be a sharp decline in markets.

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