US Dollar Rises Early Monday, FOMC Meeting Focus This Week

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• Asia FX muted, yuan at 4-yr high; dollar drifts lower ahead of c.bank-packed week

  Most Asian currencies moved little on Monday as the dollar drifted lower ahead of a week packed with central bank meetings, most notably the Federal Reserve. The dollar index fell 0.17% in Asian trade after hitting an 18-month high earlier in October. The Fed is widely expected to hold rates at 4.0% on Wednesday, after raising them by 25 basis points in September, its first hike in over three years, as U.S. inflation stays well above its 2% target. Traders will watch comments from Fed Chair Kevin Warsh, along with U.S. third-quarter GDP and September PCE data. The yen was muted before a Bank of Japan meeting, where rates are expected to stay at 1.25% but with a hawkish outlook, while the yuan rose to a four-year high with support from the People's Bank.

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• Fed Preview: On Hold in October, Hiking Resumes Lateractionforex.com·23/10, 03:15▲ DXY▼ AUD/USD▼ EUR/USD▼ GBP/USDFedinterest ratesUS dollar
• U . S . Dollar Falls On Fading Fed Rate Hike Hopes

  The U.S. dollar weakened against major currencies in the European session as expectations of a Federal Reserve rate hike declined and worries over AI overinvestment weighed. Investors are coming to terms with the Fed standing pat on rates at next week's policy meeting. Odds of a quarter-point hike fell to 17% from nearly 60% last week, according to CME's FedWatch Tool, after some Fed officials said they need more time to assess the impact of September's hike.

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• Dollar Weakens on Reduced Fed Rate Hike Chances This Month

  The dollar index (DXY00) fell to a 2-week low and finished down 0.19% on Friday. The dollar came under pressure after Fed Chair Powell gave no guidance on monetary policy or the economy in a speech at the annual IMF meeting in Bangkok.

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• JSE jumps and rand strengthens

  The Johannesburg Stock Exchange rose by more than one and a half percent on Thursday, and the rand strengthened. The rand had weakened the previous day on expectations that the US Federal Reserve could raise interest rates sooner rather than later. Higher US rates usually strengthen the dollar and weaken the rand, but that pattern completely reversed on Thursday.

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• Sterling today: Pound slips as dollar holds firm ahead of Fed decision

  Sterling fell 0.22% against the dollar to $1.3348, while the euro rose 0.09% to $1.1213, as investors positioned ahead of a busy week of central bank meetings and the Fed decision on Wednesday. ING's Chris Turner said the dollar can probably hold its gains, citing elevated energy prices and the arrival of a third US aircraft carrier group in the Gulf. Markets and economists expect the Fed to hold rates, while ING forecasts a 25 basis point hike in December. Turner expects the DXY to trade between 101.45 and 101.85 today and sees EUR/USD capped near 1.1250/70, while calling the 1.1180 support level vulnerable this week.

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