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Dollar softens ahead of CPI, energy costs another focus

August 10, 2023By Reuters
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TOKYO/LONDON, Aug 10 – The dollar dipped against most currencies on Thursday ahead of U.S. inflation data later in the day that will shape the Fed’s policy direction, though the greenback did touch a one-month high against the Japanese yen, partly on higher energy costs.

The euro rose 0.44% to USD 1.10235, the pound gained 0.3% to USD 1.2757, and the yen was steady at 143.77 per dollar, having earlier softened to 144.14 per dollar, its weakest in a month.

However, the main scheduled event of the day – and indeed the week -the release of US CPI for July is yet to come.

The data will go some way towards underscoring or disrupting markets’ current expectation that the Federal Reserve is finished with its hiking cycle.

Expectations are for headline inflation to pick up slightly to an annual 3.3%, while the core rate, which excludes the volatile food and energy segments, is forecast to rise 0.2% in July, for an annual gain of 4.8%.

“The market reckons its got a good handle on CPI. Yes the headline number will go up, but on base effects so the Fed won’t mind and the core number is probably going to go down towards the target, so everything’s going to be OK,” said Jane Foley head of FX strategy at Rabobank.

“But even if the number comes out in line, there are a number of things for the market to be watching out for,” she said pointing the recent volatility in the US Treasury market and higher energy costs, which could filter through to inflation, and cause central banks to keep hiking rates.

European benchmark gas prices hit a nearly two-month intraday high on Wednesday afternoon after news of possible strikes at Australian liquefied natural gas facilities, while oil is at multi-month peaks.

“We’ve got euro/dollar back above USD  1.10 this morning, quite possibly because of energy because markets are thinking ‘oh does that mean the ECB will have to hike interest rates again?'” said Foley.

“Though you could argue it the other way given the euro zone recession risk if energy stays higher,” she added.

The impact of higher energy costs were also a factor in the softer yen, as the resource-poor nation is a major oil importer.

“The fact that energy prices have risen for almost seven weeks, that’s certainly weighed on the yen,” said Tony Sycamore, a market analyst at IG.

A break above 145 would open the way potentially to 148 “if we get the U.S. dollar flexing again after the CPI,” he said.

Despite the BOJ’s decision to relax its control of long-term yields at the end of last month, policymakers have stressed the change was a technical tweak aimed at extending the shelf life of stimulus, chiefly defined by the negative short-term interest rate.

Elsewhere, China’s yuan edged further from a one-month trough after the People’s Bank of China again set a stronger-than-expected mid-point guidance rate in a sign of displeasure at recent weakness.

That helped lift the Australian and New Zealand dollars from near two-month lows.

The dollar was down 0.14% against the offshore yuan to 7.216, and the Aussie, which has tended to follow the yuan closely this week, rose 0.4% to USD 0.6555, rebounding from Tuesday’s trough at USD 0.6497, the lowest level since June 1.

The Swiss franc, the best-performing G10 currency against the dollar this year, also firmed. The dollar was down 0.5% at 0.873 francs.

(Reporting by Kevin Buckland and Brigid Riley; Editing by Shri Navaratnam, Kim Coghill and Sharon Singleton)

This article originally appeared on reuters.com

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