US Dollar Index regains support on euro

FxPremiere.com – Telegram FX Signals – The U.S. dollar rose in early European trade Thursday, regaining its firm footing, while the euro slipped ahead of key Eurozone inflation data.

At 03:05 ET (08:05 GMT), the Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six other currencies, traded 0.3% higher at 104.737, near two-month highs.

The dollar has been supported by higher U.S. Treasury yields, helping the greenback rebound after logging sharp overnight losses.

This followed Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari suggesting that a 50-basis-point rate hike at the U.S. central bank’s next meeting later this month was still a possibility.

“I think my colleagues agree with me that the risk of under-tightening is greater than the risk of overtightening,” Kashkari said at a meeting Wednesday, adding that rates may ultimately need to go higher than the 5.4% level he had thought in December would be adequate.

The market is now pricing at a higher peak of 5.5% for the Fed’s policy rate in September, a considerable leap up from the current range of 4.5-4.75%.

Elsewhere, EUR/USD fell 0.3% to 1.0633, after climbing 0.9% on Wednesday, its sharpest rise in a month.

The focus Thursday will be on the latest release of the Eurozone consumer price index for February.

Initial expectations were for the annual figure to fall to 8.2% in February, from 8.6% the prior month. However, data from Germany, France and Spain have all come in above expectations, pointing to the distinct possibility of a nasty higher surprise, piling the pressure on the European Central Bank. EURO

The European Central Bank may need significant rate hikes beyond March, Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel said on Wednesday, with the central bank committed to an increase of 50 basis points this month.

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US Dollar Index regains support on euro