Dollar lower after Powell, crypto climbs as investors eye Trump win
Updated at 3:13 p.m. ET/ 1913 GMT
By Chuck Mikolajczak
NEW YORK, July 15 (Reuters) -The dollar fell slightlyon Monday after comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, while cryptocurrencies rose on bets that an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump lifted hisreelection chances.
Trump has presented himself as a staunch supporter for cryptocurrencies, although he has not offered specifics on his proposed crypto policy.
In the aftermath of the shooting, investors narrowed the odds of a Trump victory. Online betting site PredictIt showed bets of an election win for Trump at 67 cents, up from Friday's 60 cents, with Joe Biden at 27 cents.
The dollar tends to strengthen as part of what is known as the "Trump trade" of assets likely to perform well under a Trump presidency of a hawkish trade policy and looser regulation for certain industries.
But the initial reaction proved to be short-lived, with the greenback falling from its earlier highs.
The dollar also briefly fell sharply as Powell began his speech.He said the three U.S. inflation readings over the second quarter "add somewhat to confidence" that the pace of price increases is returning to the Fed's target in a sustainable fashion, indicating a move to cut interest rates may be coming soon.
"The market is feeling confident and they were feeling confident before (Powell) spoke about a September rate cut, so I don't think he really put it on the table, but it's clearly that it is on the table," said Marc Chandler, chief market strategist at Bannockburn Global Forex in New York.
"Powell could have made a stronger case that we've achieved a soft landing and now let's avoid a hard landing. That's the kind of logic that is going to be unfolding now."
The dollar index =USD, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies, fell 0.07% to 104.22 after rising as high as 104.31, with the euro EUR= down 0.09% at $1.0897. Sterling GBP= weakened 0.22% to $1.2964.
Markets are completely pricingin a rate cut of at least 25 basis points (bps) from the Fed in September, according to CME's FedWatch Tool, after data last week showed consumer prices fell on a monthly basis for the first time in four years in June.
Crypto prices jumped, with bitcoin BTC= last up more than 6% at $63,808 after reaching a three-week high of $63,838.86. Ether ETH= surged more than 7% to $3,417.20.
Against the Japanese yen JPY=, the dollar was unchanged at157.89. The greenback fell to 157.15 as Powell spoke, its lowest since June 17, before quickly rebounding.
TheBank of Japan (BoJ) is thought to have intervened in the market in another effort to buttress the Japanese currency last week after the cooler-than-expected U.S. inflation report. Data from the central bank suggests that authorities may have spent up to 3.57 trillion yen ($22.4 billion) to do so on Thursday.
"Anything that's going to give the Bank of Japan hope that the Fed might cut rates more or sooner than previously expected is going to give the yen a boost," said Helen Given, FX trader, at Monex USA in Washington. "It's all about interest rate differentials, so movement in Fed futures is going to sway yen a lot."
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Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak, additional reporting by Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss; Editing by Sharon Singleton and Richard Chang
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