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In Forex Market The US Dollar (USD) continued to fall versus its peers on Thursday. With the USD Index falling below 102.00 for the first time since early August. The USD retains its footing early Friday as investors remain on the sidelines. Awaiting the November Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Price Index data, the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) favored gauge of inflation.
US Core PCE Inflation Forecast: The Federal Reserve’s favored pricing gauge is expected to fall again in November.
The negative revision to third-quarter GDP growth released on Thursday caused the USD to face fresh selling pressure. Meanwhile, following Wednesday’s tumultuous trading, Wall Street’s key indexes gained bullish momentum, placing extra pressure on the USD. On Friday morning in Europe, US stock index futures trade in the red, while the USD Index consolidates its weekly losses slightly below 102.00. Aside from PCE inflation numbers, the US economic calendar will include November New Home Sales and the University of Michigan’s Consumer Confidence Index for December.
Retail sales in the United Kingdom climbed by 1.3% month on month in November. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Friday. This number came in better than the market consensus of a 0.4% increase, following the no-change (updated from -0.3%) posted in October. Other data from the United Kingdom disclosed that the annualized GDP growth for the third quarter was reduced down to 0.3% from 0.6% in the original estimate. GBP/USD rose slightly in response to the mixed statistics, and was last seen trading modestly higher on the day at approximately 1.2700.
Forex Market movement in pairs.
EURUSD gained traction in the second half of the day and closed in positive territory before settling near 1.1000 early Friday.
On Thursday, USDJPY fell more than 100 pips due to further USD weakness. On Friday morning in Europe. The pair appears to have entered a consolidation phase below 142.50. According to Japanese data, the National Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 2.8% year on year in November. From the 3.3% increase in October. Meanwhile, the minutes of the Bank of Japan’s monetary policy meeting revealed. That members agreed to maintain the current easy policy with patience.
Gold gained ground on Thursday, thanks to falling US Treasury bond yields. And selling pressure on the US dollar. Early Friday, XAUUSD is generally stable at around $2,050.