{"id":126213,"date":"2021-05-25T02:41:12","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T02:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=126213"},"modified":"2021-05-25T02:41:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T02:41:12","slug":"dollar-drifts-lower-as-fed-speakers-soothe-inflation-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/markets\/dollar-drifts-lower-as-fed-speakers-soothe-inflation-fears\/","title":{"rendered":"Dollar drifts lower as Fed speakers soothe inflation fears"},"content":{"rendered":"

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar coasted at the bottom of its recent range on Tuesday, as softer-than-expected U.S. data and fresh insistence from Federal Reserve officials that policy would stay on hold allayed investor fears about inflation forcing interest rates higher.<\/p>

FILE PHOTO: A packet of former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln five-dollar bill currency is inspected at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington March 26, 2015. REUTERS\/Gary Cameron\/File Photo<\/figcaption>

Investors are heavily short dollars in the belief that low U.S. rates will drive cash abroad as the world recovers from the pandemic. They have become leery of adding to positions after an April leap in inflation cast doubt on the policy outlook, but seemed to find reassurance in data and Fed remarks overnight.<\/p>\n

Early Asia trade was steady, with the dollar index nursing a 0.2% overnight loss at 89.853 – just above a four-month low. The euro held a 0.3% overnight gain and, at $1.2213, is close to testing resistance around $1.2245.<\/p>\n

\u201cMarkets appear to be coming around to the Fed narrative that a burst in inflation is only likely to be temporary,\u201d said Rodrigo Catril, a senior FX strategist at National Australia Bank in Sydney. \u201cA temporary spike in prices should not instigate a removal of stimulatory policies from central banks.\u201d<\/p>\n

The U.S. national activity index reading of 0.24 against expectations above 1, as well as dovish comments from Fed speakers provided some backing for the view that any policy tightening is not happening any time soon.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there will come a time when we can talk more about changing the parameters of monetary policy, I don\u2019t think we should do it when we\u2019re still in the pandemic,\u201d Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said overnight.<\/p>\n

The yield on benchmark 10-year Treasuries fell 2.4 basis points to a two-week low of 1.608%, and the dollar also eased on the Australian and New Zealand dollars and the yen.<\/p>\n

The yen was last at 108.79 per dollar while the Aussie and kiwi drifted round the middle of ranges that have held them since April. The Aussie bought $0.7750 and the kiwi $0.7211.<\/p>\n

Sterling, which has run up about 1.2% over the past three weeks while other majors have steadied – or even slipped – was stalled at $1.4160.<\/p>\n

COMES A TIME<\/h2>\n

Traders have a laser-focus on inflation, the policy response to inflation and any data or remark that could shed light on either since huge bets on stocks, bonds and currencies are all predicated on the assumption that low rates are here to stay.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole world is in a wait-and-see mode,\u201d said Stuart Oakley, head of cash currency trading at Nomura in London, who has trimmed his own trading in the face of the uncertainty.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe next few months are going to be so pivotal for FX, purely based on when the Fed starts talking about tapering, and that is 100% down to how the data\u2019s going to pan out this month and next month,\u201d he said. \u201cThe minute we get so much as a suggestion that some of that stimulus (has) moved, then everything\u2019s going to change drastically.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ahead on Tuesday is a German business survey, a series of U.S. housing updates and a handful of policymaker speeches in Europe, Britain and the United States, which will all be parsed for a reading on inflation.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, crucial U.S. core consumer price data is due, while in the Antipodes the focus will also be on the Reserve Bank of New Zealand\u2019s Wednesday policy statement, with a risk that it may begin to project rate rises.<\/p>\n

Crypto markets were steady in Asia after making their best attempt yet at a bounce from last week\u2019s lows. Bitcoin rose 12% on Monday and, at $39,600 on Tuesday is on the verge of regaining its 200-day moving average.<\/p>\n

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