
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 Thursday, the evergreen buck’s recent rally versus its counterparts was compensated by poor American economic data that disclosed that the American economy expanded at a slower-than-anticipated rate in the first quarter of 2018.
The USD index, gauging the greenback’s value versus a bunch of major currencies, tacked on by 0.14% being worth 94.89.
As a matter of fact, American gross domestic product speeded down to a 2% annual rate from January to March, as the Commerce Department informed on Thursday. It definitely confounded experts’ estimate of 2.2%.
As the US Department of Labor informed, initial jobless claims managed to tack on by 9,000 to a seasonally updated 227,000 by June 23. The given outcome turned out to be above experts’ estimate for jump to about 220,000.
In addition to this, the common currency managed to gain against the evergreen buck because market participants hurried to purchase the common currency in the face of data disclosing that inflation in some German regions happened to be above the ECB's objective.
The currency pair EUR/USD rebounded from a session minimum of $1.1527. The pair soared by 0.24% being worth $1.1581.
The currency pair GBP/USD, drifted away from seven-month minimums. The pair hit $1.3089, descending by 0.19% because probable Brexit-related headline risks from the European Summit have been restricted due to the fact that the European Union’s migrant downtime dominated discussions.
As for safe-haven currencies, they struggled to pare back dips from a day earlier. The currency pair USD/JPY went up by 0.08% reaching Y110.34, USD/CHF ascended by 0.04% showing 0.9975.
The currency pair USD/CAD dived by 0.68% hitting C$1.3250 because crude gave up some of its profits, putting pressure on the Canadian dollar in the face of reports the White House was about to make its tough stance on nations, importing Iranian crude softer.
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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