Dollar Edges Lower Brexit

FxPremiere.com – Live Telegram Forex Signals | The dollar edged lower in early European trade Thursday, with traders keeping a wary eye on the ongoing negotiations over Brexit trade in Europe and a Covid-19;

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USD/JPY rose 0.3% to 104.50, while the risk-sensitive AUD/USD was up 0.2% at 0.7461.

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Democrat and Republican negotiators have been unable to solve disagreements over aid to state and local governments, meaning that a broader stimulus package to help the U.S. economy recover from the Covid-19 hit remains a pipe dream, for now.

However, the two sides managed to get together to approve a stopgap government funding bill on Wednesday, proving that compromises can be made.

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“The proactiveness shown by the parties involved is proving enough to keep markets upbeat, and this should limit the ability of the dollar to recover,” said analysts at ING, in a research note.

Elsewhere, GBP/USD fell 0.6% to 1.3322, after U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson failed to come to an agreement;

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“Sterling remains highly exposed to the downside if the prospect of no deal becomes even more realistic,” ING added. Forex Signals – Dollar Edges Higher

Elsewhere, EUR/USD edged 0.1% higher to 1.2096, but this follows four straight days of losses, with the pair down almost a cent from its 2 1/2-year high of $1.2177 touched on Friday.

Dollar Edges Higher

The European Central Bank is widely expected to increase the size and scope of its bond-buying program at its final policy-making meeting of the year later Thursday;

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“Our base case remains for a EUR500bn step up in the PEPP in December,” said analysts at ABN Amro, in a research note; “In addition, we think the ECB will signal net asset purchases will continue for a very long time. The duration of PEPP will be expanded through to at least the end of 2021 and possibly into 2022.”

Dollar Edges Lower Brexit