EBC Daily Snapshot May 16, 2024
EBC Forex Snapshot
16 May 2024
The dollar skidded to multi-month lows on Thursday after US core inflation hit its slowest in three years. The Australian dollar was dragged lower by a weak jobs report from its four-month high.
Australian employment rose by more than expected in April, data showed on Thursday, but the jobless rate still climbed to a three-month top. Wage growth eased for the first time in Q1 since Q4 2022.
Speculative wagers against the Aussie are hovering near a two-year high, but some strategists say the heavy bets may backfire as a lot of the bad news like geopolitical risks is already in the price.
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Publication date:
2024-05-16 10:27:16 (GMT)