EBC Daily Snapshot May 20, 2024
EBC Forex Snapshot
20 May 2024
The dollar was broadly steady on Monday as investors awaited further clues to help chart the US interest rate path. Fed officials have sounded words of caution about when rates may fall despite weak inflation report.
They yen traded around 156 per dollar after moving in tight ranges in the past few days. Data showed Japan's economy shrank more than expected in Q1 and exports also slumped.
Japan's weak consumption may heighten, rather than tame, already growing political pressure on the central bank to raise interest rates to slow the declines blamed for hurting households via higher import costs.
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Publication date:
2024-05-20 09:43:15 (GMT)