EBC Daily Snapshot Jul 3, 2024
EBC Forex Snapshot
3 Jul 2024
The dollar remained on the back foot on Wednesday after dovish comments from Fed Chair Jerome Powell following a strong domestic jobs reports sent Treasury yields lower.
US job openings rose in May after posting outsized declines in the prior two months, but data or April was revised lower. The trend remained consistent with an easing in labour market conditions.
The euro was flat. Euro zone inflation eased last month but a crucial services component remained stubbornly high, fuelling concern that domestic price pressures could stay at elevated levels.
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Publication date:
2024-07-03 10:19:23 (GMT)