US Open Preview – Pound slips on cautious Barnier; European stocks drag lower
Posted on February 28, 2018 at 12:46 pm GMTHere are the latest developments in global markets: FOREX: The dollar index held onto gains during early European afternoon as investors’ optimism that the Fed would raise rates more than three times this year heightened further after Powell’s major testimony in front of the House Financial Committee yesterday. Jerome Powell, the new Fed boss, reiterated that the US economy is on a healthy track and a normalization of the monetary policy is needed to avoid an overheating economy – acknowledging the [..]