
During the daily press briefing of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, it was announced that Mexico will receive 1.4 million doses of the vaccine by the end of January. Is that optimistic enough for the peso?
On Tuesday, the evergreen buck pared profits versus the Japanese yen and also extended losses versus the common currency after American consumer prices revealed that inflation is still low notwithstanding a tight labor market, spurring the Fed’s case for keeping interest rates intact.
In February, the Consumer Price Index managed to rally for the first time for four months, although the tempo of the lift was moderate that resulted in the smallest annual gain for 2-1/2 years.
Assessing the purchasing power of the greenback versus its primary peers the USD index headed north by 0.17% hitting 97.054.
As for the common currency, it rallied by 0.27% versus the evergreen buck, last priced at $1.1275. The greenback surged against Japan’s currency hitting 111.13 yen.
The major US financial institution has explained a lack of inflationary pressure by the fact it has felt comfortable pausing its interest-rate lifting cycle. The Federal Reserve utilizes the core personal consumption expenditures price index for the purpose of tracking inflation against its 2% objective. CPI is good when it comes to assessing the state of American inflation.
On Tuesday, the Labor Department told that its Consumer Price Index jumped by 0.2%, backed by the rally in the costs of rents, gasoline, and food. The CPI had been intact for three months in a row. Without energy and food, the CPI managed to surge by 0.1%, which is the smallest leap since August last year.
The core CPI tacked on by 2.1% for the 12 months through February. For the three months in a row the core CPI had gone up by 2.2% on an annual basis. By the way, market experts had thought the CPI along with the core CPI would soar by 0.2% in February.
During the daily press briefing of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, it was announced that Mexico will receive 1.4 million doses of the vaccine by the end of January. Is that optimistic enough for the peso?
The US unemployment claims are announced on Thursday at 15:30 MT time.
The Canadian monthly GDP is announced on Wednesday at 15:30 MT time.
The European Central Bank will publish the monetary policy statement with the interest rate decision on January 21, at 14:45 MT time.
Joe Biden is going to unveil a Covid-19 relief package of about $2 trillion. After this announcement, the 10-year Treasury yield rose, adding support for the USD.
The US dollar’s weakness offered a boost to emerging-market currencies and oil.
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