Strong USD on Tuesday
The main market tendency today is that the US dollar is rising against its major peers and riskier assets such as stocks and oil are plummeting.
US CPI
CPI is a highly important economic indicator as it corresponds to the inflation rate. The inflation rate has a significant impact on the monetary policy of the Federal Reserve. The market anticipates two additional rate hikes this year. As a result, the rise in the inflation data will confirm the possibility of rate hikes.
US CPI data will be out at 15:30 MT time on August 10.
• If the data is greater than the forecast, the USD will go up.
• If the data is weaker than the forecast, the USD will go down.
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So far, the inflation rate surged to 2.9% in June. It is the highest level since February of 2012.
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