USD rose with Treasury yields - EBC Daily Snapshot

2023-09-22
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The US dollar rose along with Treasury yields on Friday. Earlier this week the Fed kept interest rates steady and signalled another hike by year-end.

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22 Sep 2023


The US dollar rose along with Treasury yields on Friday. Earlier this week the Fed kept interest rates steady and signalled another hike by year-end.


The yen fell on after the BOJ stuck to its ultra-easy policy as expected. Japan's Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday any options on currencies would not be ruled out, the latest in a string of warnings.

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Sterling weakened against the dollar rafter data showed retail sales in Britain rose less than expected in August. British retail sales were 0.4% higher than in rain-hit July, compared to a poll of economists by Reuters that forecast a rise of 0.5%.

Citibank vs. HSBC Currency Pair Data Comparison

Citi (as of 11 Sep) HSBC (as of 22 Sep)

support resistance support resistance
EUR/USD 1.0688 1.1091 1.0579 1.0772
GBP/USD 1.2448 1.2800 1.2138 1.2546
USD/CHF 0.8556 0.8945 0.8890 0.9137
AUD/USD 0.6365 0.6522 0.6344 0.6500
USD/CAD 1.3387 1.3705 1.3343 1.3659
USD/JPY 144.54 148.85 146.16 148.72

The green numbers in the table indicate an increase in data, the red numbers indicate a decrease in data, and the black numbers indicate that the data remains unchanged.


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