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      <title>Dollar sinks to one-year low as cooling inflation raises Fed pause expectation</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SINGAPORE: The U.S. dollar tumbled to a one-year low against a basket of currencies on Friday while the euro hit a one-year peak, as traders ramped up expectations of an imminent end to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s rate-hike cycle on signs of cooling inflation.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Data from the U.S. Labor Department on Thursday showed the producer price index (PPI) fell by the most in nearly three years last month, coming a day after inflation data pointed to moderation in consumer prices.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The greenback took another leg down on Friday and the U.S dollar index , which measures the currency against six major peers, slid to a roughly one-year low of 100.78.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It was last 0.15% lower at 100.82, and was headed for a weekly decline of more than 1%, its steepest drop since January.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, the euro rose to a fresh one-year top of $1.1075, pushing past its previous high from Thursday.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The common currency was last 0.2% higher at $1.1070, and on track for a weekly gain of more than 1.5%.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“The easiest way to express a dollar negative view has been with the euro,” said Ray Attrill, head of FX strategy at National Australia Bank.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“The significant downside surprise in U.S. PPI has made people a bit more convinced of the view that the Fed will (soon) be done … and (strengthened) conviction that inflation will allow the Fed to be cutting rates before the end of the year.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Similarly, the British pound hit a 10-month high of $1.2545, and was last 0.14% higher at $1.25405.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Money markets are pricing in a 69% chance the Fed will raise interest rates by 25 basis points next month, though a series of cuts are also being priced in from July through to the end of the year, with rates seen just above 4.3% in December.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Adding to signs that global inflationary pressure is waning was an unexpected surge in Chinese exports, which in March shot up 14.8% from the same month a year earlier, stunning economists who predicted a 7.0% fall in a Reuters poll.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The upbeat Chinese data, alongside a robust March employment report in Australia, kept the Australian dollar supported at around $0.6783 on Friday, having surged 1.3% in the previous session on the back of the data releases. The Australian and New Zealand dollars are often used as liquid proxies for China’s yuan.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“It was almost like a perfect positive storm for the Aussie,” said Attrill. “Starting with the employment numbers … and the China trade numbers which looked exceptionally good.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“You layer on top of that, the dollar weakness from the data last night and positive risk sentiment, and it was a (raft) of good news for the Aussie.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The New Zealand dollar similarly gained 0.19% to $0.6309, after jumping 1.3% on Thursday.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Elsewhere in Asia, Japan’s yen rose marginally to 132.47 per dollar, while the offshore yuan gained more than 0.5% to 6.8327 per dollar.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>SINGAPORE: The U.S. dollar tumbled to a one-year low against a basket of currencies on Friday while the euro hit a one-year peak, as traders ramped up expectations of an imminent end to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s rate-hike cycle on signs of cooling inflation.</strong></p>
<p>Data from the U.S. Labor Department on Thursday showed the producer price index (PPI) fell by the most in nearly three years last month, coming a day after inflation data pointed to moderation in consumer prices.</p>
<p>The greenback took another leg down on Friday and the U.S dollar index , which measures the currency against six major peers, slid to a roughly one-year low of 100.78.</p>
<p>It was last 0.15% lower at 100.82, and was headed for a weekly decline of more than 1%, its steepest drop since January.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the euro rose to a fresh one-year top of $1.1075, pushing past its previous high from Thursday.</p>
<p>The common currency was last 0.2% higher at $1.1070, and on track for a weekly gain of more than 1.5%.</p>
<p>“The easiest way to express a dollar negative view has been with the euro,” said Ray Attrill, head of FX strategy at National Australia Bank.</p>
<p>“The significant downside surprise in U.S. PPI has made people a bit more convinced of the view that the Fed will (soon) be done … and (strengthened) conviction that inflation will allow the Fed to be cutting rates before the end of the year.”</p>
<p>Similarly, the British pound hit a 10-month high of $1.2545, and was last 0.14% higher at $1.25405.</p>
<p>Money markets are pricing in a 69% chance the Fed will raise interest rates by 25 basis points next month, though a series of cuts are also being priced in from July through to the end of the year, with rates seen just above 4.3% in December.</p>
<p>Adding to signs that global inflationary pressure is waning was an unexpected surge in Chinese exports, which in March shot up 14.8% from the same month a year earlier, stunning economists who predicted a 7.0% fall in a Reuters poll.</p>
<p>The upbeat Chinese data, alongside a robust March employment report in Australia, kept the Australian dollar supported at around $0.6783 on Friday, having surged 1.3% in the previous session on the back of the data releases. The Australian and New Zealand dollars are often used as liquid proxies for China’s yuan.</p>
<p>“It was almost like a perfect positive storm for the Aussie,” said Attrill. “Starting with the employment numbers … and the China trade numbers which looked exceptionally good.</p>
<p>“You layer on top of that, the dollar weakness from the data last night and positive risk sentiment, and it was a (raft) of good news for the Aussie.”</p>
<p>The New Zealand dollar similarly gained 0.19% to $0.6309, after jumping 1.3% on Thursday.</p>
<p>Elsewhere in Asia, Japan’s yen rose marginally to 132.47 per dollar, while the offshore yuan gained more than 0.5% to 6.8327 per dollar.</p>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Apr 2023 13:40:48 +0500</pubDate>
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