US Open Preview – German data and trade hopes send euro to 1-week highs; FOMC meeting minutes in focus
Posted on July 5, 2018 at 11:30 am GMTHere are the latest developments in global markets: FOREX: The dollar was erasing yesterday’s losses made against the Japanese yen, last seen at 110.62 (+0.16%) as investors were optimistic that the FOMC meeting minutes due later today would deliver an overall hawkish message after June’s gathering signaled four rate hikes in total this year instead of three previously. The dollar index though was on the backfoot at 94.30 (-0.37%), pressured by a stronger euro and pound. Euro/dollar rallied significantly to touch a more-than-a [..]