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NEW YORK — The dollar traded little
changed on Tuesday after strong consumer price data revived the
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likelihood that the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates
next week as fears of turmoil spreading in the banking sector
faded.
The dollar index, a measure of the greenback
against six other currencies,
fell 0.087%
as Treasury yields jumped a day after the two-year note,
which moves in step with interest rate expectations, plunged the
most in a single day since 1987.
The euro
edged up 0.09% to
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$
1.0739
, but the dollar gained against the safe-haven yen and Swiss
franc.
Fed funds futures showed the market’s risk adverse mood
in recent days eased as bets that the Fed would stand pat at its
policy meeting March 21-22 declined. That probability fell to
28.4% from 43.9% on Monday, according to CME’s FedWatch Tool.
But with the likelihood of a 50 basis point hike next
week off the table, the dollar’s recent strength from higher
rates on Treasury notes than foreign government debt also
retreated.
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank
last week suggests greater Fed scrutiny of the banking sector
may be in store as credit tightens.
“Risk around bank lending is skewed to the downside,”
said Thierry Wizman, Macquarie global rates and FX strategist in
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New York. “With the regulatory burden and the prospect of net
interest margins at banks getting squeezed, you can make the
case that it’s only going get worse.”
Americans faced persistently higher costs for rental
housing and food in February, challenging the Fed to bring
inflation under control while stabilizing financial markets
after the bank failures.
Futures priced in perhaps two Fed rate cuts by year’s
end, with the terminal rate seen at 4.179% in December, down
from more than 5% last week.
The
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
rose 0.4% last month after accelerating 0.5% in January. In
the 12 months through February, the CPI increased 6.0%, a slower
pace than the 6.4% annualized gain in January, but still far off
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the Fed’s 2% target.
The Japanese yen weakened 0.69% at 134.13 per dollar, while
the greenback rose rose 0.15% against the Swiss franc.
Sterling was
down 0.05%
at $
1.2175
after jumping 1.22% on Monday. Data on Tuesday showed UK
pay growth slowed in the three months to January.
Currency bid prices at 4:08 p.m. (2008 GMT)
Description RIC Last U.S. Close Pct Change YTD Pct High Bid Low Bid
Previous Change
Session
Dollar index 103.5800 103.6800 -0.09% 0.087% +104.0500 +103.4900
Euro/Dollar $1.0739 $1.0729 +0.08% +0.21% +$1.0750 +$1.0679
Dollar/Yen 134.1300 133.2300 +0.69% +2.32% +134.8950 +133.0300
Euro/Yen 144.05 142.93 +0.78% +2.67% +144.4100 +142.5500
Dollar/Swiss 0.9131 0.9120 +0.11% -1.26% +0.9164 +0.9096
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Sterling/Dollar $1.2174 $1.2183 -0.07% +0.67% +$1.2203 +$1.2139
Dollar/Canadian 1.3678 1.3732 -0.39% +0.96% +1.3750 +1.3653
Aussie/Dollar $0.6682 $0.6668 +0.26% -1.93% +$0.6696 +$0.6633
Euro/Swiss 0.9804 0.9782 +0.22% -0.92% +0.9823 +0.9748
Euro/Sterling 0.8819 0.8806 +0.15% -0.28% +0.8836 +0.8779
NZ Dollar/Dollar $0.6238 $0.6220 +0.32% -1.72% +$0.6247 +$0.6180
Dollar/Norway 10.5370 10.5520 -0.07% +7.45% +10.6420 +10.5140
Euro/Norway 11.3160 11.3180 -0.02% +7.84% +11.3950 +11.2758
Dollar/Sweden 10.4611 10.5914 -1.17% +0.51% +10.6623 +10.4550
Euro/Sweden 11.2354 11.3686 -1.17% +0.77% +11.3947 +11.2230
(Reporting by Herbert Lash; additional reporting by Harry
Robertson in London; Editing by Andrew Heavens, Angus MacSwan
and Richard Chang)
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