03 November 2017 Pound-to-Dollar Rate Eases Back after US Services Data Points to Solid Growth in Fourth-quarter

US jobs data for October has come out at only 261k, which was below the 312k expected by the market, and this is weighing on the Dollar - although the 0.0% rise in wages could be the bigger factor โ€ฆ

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02 November 2017 US Dollar Rises Marginally After Release of First Draft of Republican Tax Reform

The Dollar rose marginally on Thursday after Republicans unveiled their much-anticipated tax reform plan, however, the increase was well below that which had been anticipated.

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02 November 2017 Powell Confirmed as Next Fed Chair, US Dollar Softer on the News

The US Dollar softened into the final day of the week on confirmation Jerome Powell will be next chair of the Federal Reserve.

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01 November 2017 US Dollar: A Fed Hike in December is Now a Given but Itโ€™s in the Price and Trump's Fed Chair Decision is Weighing

A December rate hike is now a given, if market pricing is anything to go by, but President Donald Trump's imminent decision on who will lead the Fed from February is weighing on the Dollar.

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01 November 2017 US Dollar Flashing Green Lights as we Head into Thursday's 'Perfect Storm'

The Dollar is flashing multiple green lights both in terms of economic events and technical clues which combined make a compelling case for the currency to rally.

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30 October 2017 Goldman Sachs forecast the Dollar Index to rise to a target at 96.00 and EUR/USD to Fall to 1.14s

The Dollar is rising and price charts support this notion - both against a broad field of counterparts and versus the Euro - says one major investment bank.

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30 October 2017 US Dollar Now Screens as an Outright 'Buy' for the First Time in Ten Months say JPMorgan

Econometric models point to the US Dollar as a buy for the first time in 2017 and the Euro as a sell, with a role-reversal between economies on either side of the Atlantic in the driving seat, as Eโ€ฆ

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