{"id":133790,"date":"2021-07-29T15:45:01","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T15:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=133790"},"modified":"2021-07-29T15:45:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T15:45:01","slug":"dollar-at-1-month-low-after-fed-knock-u-s-data-disappoints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/markets\/dollar-at-1-month-low-after-fed-knock-u-s-data-disappoints\/","title":{"rendered":"Dollar at 1-month low after Fed knock; U.S. data disappoints"},"content":{"rendered":"
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar slipped to a one-month low on Thursday, a day after the U.S. Federal Reserve\u2019s reassurance that interest rate hikes remain distant helped put the brakes on the U.S. currency, which has been rallying for a month now.<\/p> The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of six other currencies, was 0.3% lower at 92.005, its lowest since June 29.<\/p>\n The index, which is up 1.6% since the Fed\u2019s June meeting, after a hawkish shift from the U.S. central bank, found little support from U.S. data on Thursday.<\/p>\n Data on Thursday showed that while the U.S. economy grew solidly in the second quarter, boosted by massive government aid, growth fell short of economists\u2019 expectations.<\/p>\n Gross domestic product increased at a 6.5% annualised rate last quarter, the Commerce Department said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast GDP rising at an 8.5% rate last quarter.<\/p>\n \u201cWith the dollar already under pressure today as the risk environment stabilises and markets embrace the dovish rhetoric from Fed Chair (Jerome) Powell yesterday, the near 2 percentage point miss in Q2 GDP did little to relieve the greenback,\u201d said Simon Harvey, senior FX market analyst at Monex Europe.<\/p>\n U.S. Treasury yields trended lower after Wednesday\u2019s Fed statement, with inflation-adjusted real yields tumbling to a new low, weighing on the U.S. currency.<\/p>\n Graphic: The real deal:<\/p>\n The market took Wednesday\u2019s Fed announcement as a positive for risk as it leaves the lower rates for longer scenario intact, Brad Bechtel, global head of FX at Jefferies, said in a note.<\/p>\n \u201cCombined with soothing commentary from Chinese officials on what their intentions are regarding IPOs in the US and this regulatory crackdown they embarked on and markets were set up for a nice little rally last night,\u201d Bechtel said.<\/p>\n China stepped up attempts to calm frayed investor nerves after a wild markets rout this week by telling foreign brokerages not to \u201coverinterpret\u201d its latest regulatory actions.<\/p>\n The Australian and New Zealand dollars, reliant on world and Chinese economic growth, edged higher, though the Aussie\u2019s gains were capped by concerns a lengthening COVID-19 lockdown in Sydney would drag on the Australian economy.<\/p>\n The U.S. dollar\u2019s weaker tone and a fall in coronavirus cases in Britain, helped lift the British pound to its highest in over a month against the dollar.<\/p>\n