Today's session on the currency market brings a continuation of the weakness of the US dollar against other currencies. There is especially a lot going on in the British pound market, which is recording its biggest daily gain since 2020! Signs of a complicated labor market situation in the UK gave hope to speculators that the BoE will tighten macroeconomic policy next month.
The Euro gained after comments from Klaas Knot, a member of the ECB Council, who first signaled the possibility of a 50 basis point hike if inflation data forces the issue. Investors now assume that the ECB will raise rates by one percentage point by December.
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US Dollar Index (USDIDX) vs EUR/USD; GBP/USD. H1 interval. Source: xStation 5
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