
The UK Office for National Statistics will publish Consumer Price Index (CPI) data on Wednesday, May 18, at 09:00 MT.
On Thursday, the evergreen buck kept staying at two-week maximums versus a currency basket, having inched up in the previous trading session right after American Senate leaders uncovered they had managed to reach a long-awaited two-year budget pact.
Traditionally gauging the US currency’s value versus a group of six key currencies, the US dollar index edged up 0.12% hitting 90.27, having tacked on 0.71% on Wednesday.
The US currency rallied after on Wednesday, American congressional leaders managed to reach a two-year budget deal for raising government spending by nearly $300 billion. Apparently, the given agreement averted the danger of a probable government shutdown or even a debt default.
The profits in the US currency happened to be just a continuation of the leaps, which emerged amidst the abrupt sink in shares on Friday and also on Monday that saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average report its most impressive single-day point sag.
The downturn in the stock market was launched after firm American wage surge data backed hopes that the key US bank might raise interest rates at a faster tempo than previously anticipated.
The common currency inched down versus the evergreen buck, with EUR/USD descending to 1.2248. It appeared to be the weakest reading since January 23.
The American currency jumped versus the Japanese yen, with USD/JPY edging up 0.26% being worth 109.67.
The British pound slumped versus the greenback and the common currency ahead of the Bank of England’s policy gathering, when it was generally anticipated to keep rates intact. The currency pair GBP/USD hit 1.3862, EUR/GBP showed an outcome of 0.8827.
The New Zealand dollar headed south to one-month minimums overnight because the Reserve Bank of New Zealand decided not to alter its rates, leaving them at record minimums.
NZD/USD hit 0.7201 having dived to 0.7177 previously.
The UK Office for National Statistics will publish Consumer Price Index (CPI) data on Wednesday, May 18, at 09:00 MT.
The US Census Bureau will announce Core Retail Sales and Retail Sales on Tuesday, May 17 at 15:30 MT.
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics will announce average hourly earnings, nonfarm employment change (NFP), and the unemployment rate on May 6, at 15:30 MT time.
The United States will publish the Preliminary GDP on Thursday, May 26, at 15:30 GMT+3.
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand will publish a monetary policy report and make an update on the interest rate on May 25, at 05:00 GMT+3.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics will announce the updated Unemployment Rate and Employment Change data on Thursday, May 19, at 04:30 MT.
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