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By James Thorp
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Fed Bets Keep the Dollar Bid. The Fed angle is probably the cleaner of the two stories.
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Iran Talks Add a Wild Card. The geopolitical side is murkier. Discussions involving Iran remain unresolved, and the potential…
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Data Watching Across Major Economies. Beyond the Fed and Iran, traders are also running through economic data releases from Europe and…
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The dollar isn't moving much. But that stillness is doing a lot of work right now, with the greenback sitting near a six-week high while two very different forces pull at the…
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On one side, there's the Federal Reserve and the question of whether more rate hikes are coming.
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The Fed angle is probably the cleaner of the two stories. Expectations for additional rate hikes have been building, and that kind of monetary policy backdrop tends to support a…
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U.S. Treasury yields have been fluctuating too, which matters. Yield movements feed directly into how attractive the dollar looks to foreign investors hunting for stable returns.
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Inflation data is part of the picture as well. Any signs that price pressures are building again in the U.S.
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The geopolitical side is murkier. Discussions involving Iran remain unresolved, and the potential outcomes run in pretty different directions.
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Related: Dollar Slips After Best Weekly Run in Nine Months as Bond Yields Cool
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Oil is woven into this too. Iran's position in global energy supply means that any shift in those negotiations can move oil prices quickly, and oil price swings have a habit of…
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So the Iran situation is kind of a live wire right now. The market knows it. And that uncertainty, paradoxically, seems to be reinforcing dollar demand rather than undermining it.
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The euro is feeling it. Europe's own economic picture has been complicated, and the combination of a strong dollar and domestic headwinds has kept the euro under pressure.
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It's a crowded dashboard right now. Rate expectations, geopolitical risk, oil prices, bond yields, inflation prints, overseas data — all of it feeding into where the dollar goes…
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More context: Bitcoin and Ether Lose $1.07 Billion in a Week Amid Iran Pressure
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