Dollar Reaches Two-Week High vs Euro
2024-09-02
Summary:
The dollar rose to a two-week high against the euro as traders reduced Fed easing bets, focusing on this week's key US jobs report.
EBC Forex Snapshot, 2 Sep 2024
The dollar climbed to a two-week top against the euro on Monday as traders pared bets for aggressive policy easing by the Fed with the focus now moving to a crucial US jobs report at the end of this week.
Traders currently lay 33% odds of a 50-bp Fed rate cut this month, versus 67% probability of a 25-bp cut. A week earlier. long-term Treasury yields to the highest since mid-August.
The ECB is increasingly likely to lower borrowing costs again at its meeting next month, but what happens beyond that is less certain, Governing Council member Madis Muller said.
| Citi (as of 19 Aug) | HSBC (as of 2 Sep) | |||
| support | resistance | support | resistance | |
| EUR/USD | 1.0796 | 1.1068 | 1.0906 | 1.1194 |
| GBP/USD | 1.2673 | 1.2946 | 1.2833 | 1.3342 |
| USD/CHF | 0.8333 | 0.8827 | 0.8348 | 0.8698 |
| AUD/USD | 0.6363 | 0.6799 | 0.6614 | 0.6868 |
| USD/CAD | 1.3597 | 1.3946 | 1.3372 | 1.3681 |
| USD/JPY | 145.89 | 150.00 | 143.26 | 149.22 |
The green numbers in the table indicate that the data has increased compared with the previous time; the red numbers indicate that the data has decreased compared with the previous time; and the black numbers indicate that the data has remained unchanged.
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