The pound has racked up double-digit gains against the dollar since its trouncing in September, but it could struggle to take its momentum into 2023 as the Bank of England readies a downshift to a 50-basis-point hike as a winter of economic trouble bubbles. GBP/USD, or cable, rose 0.13% to $1.227. “Our game plan assumes […]
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook: Having just closed out its worst month since 2010, the dollar’s bull run may be ending. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell green-lit selling this week, surprising traders by not pushing back against markets’ shifting financial conditions looser in the last few […]
By Ambar Warrick Investing.com– Activist investor Bill Ackman said on Thursday that his hedge fund Pershing Square holds a large short position against the Hong Kong dollar, and that it was only a matter of time before the currency’s peg to the dollar breaks. Ackman said that Pershing Square holds a “large notional short position” […]
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed and John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar fell across the board on Wednesday, after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s November meeting showed that most policymakers at the central bank agreed it would soon be appropriate to slow the pace of interest rate hikes. The readout of the Nov. […]
(Reuters) – The euro regained some lost ground after falling sharply against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday following reports that Russian missiles had hit Poland and killed two people. The euro was last up 0.06% at $1.0331 after falling as much as 0.44%. The euro had earlier risen as much as 1.5% against the greenback […]
By Ambar Warrick Investing.com– Most Asian currencies sank on Wednesday as a potential Russian missile strike on Poland drove investors away from risk-driven assets, while the dollar steadied from recent losses as investors sought safe haven in the greenback. The dollar index and dollar index futures both steadied around 106.58, recovering from mild losses in […]