Dollar set to snap 5-week losing run while yuan rallies
Updates prices at 1135 GMT
By Harry Robertson and Kevin Buckland
LONDON/TOKYO, Aug 30 (Reuters) -The dollar held steady near a one-week high against major peers on Friday and is on track to snap a five-week losing streak after robust economic data caused investors to pare bets on aggressive Federal Reserve interest rate cuts.
The Chinese yuan rose to its strongest since June 2023, while the euro was little changed as inflation data confirmed the message of national readings on Thursday that euro zone price pressures are quickly easing.
Investors were waiting for the release of core personal consumption expenditures price index, the Fed's preferred inflation gauge, at 1230 GMT (8:30 a.m. ET).
The U.S. dollar index =USD, which measures the currency against a basket of six major peers, was flat at 101.37, after rising 0.36% on Thursday and touching the highest since Aug. 22 at 101.58.
Overnight, U.S. data showed gross domestic product (GDP) grew at a 3.0% annualised rate in the second quarter, an upward revision from the 2.8% rate reported last month.
"That's been the market mover from the price action overnight, particularly when you look at currencies and U.S. Treasury yields," said Rodrigo Catril, senior FX strategist at National Australia Bank, referring to the GDP reading.
"The takeaway there - the highlight - is that the consumer was stronger than had previously been thought," he added.
The dollar is on course for a 0.6% gain this week, which would be its best week since the start of April. Over August, though, it is set for a drop of about 2.6% on the back of cooling inflation and a slowing labour market.
Traders see a September rate cut as a done deal but, after the data, laid only 34% odds of a 50-basis point cut, down from 38% a day earlier, according to the CME Group's FedWatch Tool.
China's yuan firmed to a 14-month high on Friday, heading for its biggest monthly jump since November, amid growing corporate demand for the Chinese currency as expectations heighten for U.S. rate cuts.
The onshore yuan CNY=CFXS strengthened as far as 7.0825 per dollar before last changing hands at 7.0913, on track for a rise of around 2% for August.
"In the short term we cannot rule out the possibility of a 'stampede' for currency conversion" that could boost the yuan above 7.0 per dollar, China International Capital Corp (CICC) said in a note.
The euro EUR=EBS was very slightly higher at $1.1086 after data showed euro zone inflation slowed to 2.2% year-on-year in August, down from 2.6% in July, leaving the European Central Bank on track to lower interest rates again next month.
The single currency fell to a more than one-week low on Thursday and ended down 0.4% after German inflation cooled more than expected, bolstering investors' expectations of ECB cuts.
Sterling GBP=D3 rose 0.1% to $1.318 after dipping to $1.3146 overnight, a one-week low, as the dollar climbed.
The yen held near the closely watched 145-per-dollar level after weakening on Thursday, as the greenback tracked a rise in U.S. Treasury yields.
The Japanese currency largely ignored data on Friday showing core consumer prices in Tokyo climbing at a faster-than-expected 2.4% in August.
The Aussie AUD=D3 was little changed at $0.68 after hitting the highest since Jan. 2 at $0.6824 a day earlier, as it continued to draw support from hotter-than-expected consumer price figures this week. The currency shrugged off an unexpected stagnation in retail sales data on Friday.
World FX rates https://tmsnrt.rs/2RBWI5E
August blues: Looming U.S. rate cuts weigh on dollar https://reut.rs/4g13RrL
Reporting by Harry Robertson in London and Kevin Buckland in Tokyo; Editing by Sam Holmes, Jacqueline Wong and Andrew Heavens
免責聲明: XM Group提供線上交易平台的登入和執行服務，允許個人查看和/或使用網站所提供的內容，但不進行任何更改或擴展其服務和訪問權限，並受以下條款與條例約束：（i）條款與條例；（ii）風險提示；（iii）完全免責聲明。網站內部所提供的所有資訊，僅限於一般資訊用途。請注意，我們所有的線上交易平台內容並不構成，也不被視為進入金融市場交易的邀約或邀請 。金融市場交易會對您的投資帶來重大風險。
所有缐上交易平台所發佈的資料，僅適用於教育/資訊類用途，不包含也不應被視爲適用於金融、投資稅或交易相關諮詢和建議，或是交易價格紀錄，或是任何金融商品或非應邀途徑的金融相關優惠的交易邀約或邀請。
本網站的所有XM和第三方所提供的内容，包括意見、新聞、研究、分析、價格其他資訊和第三方網站鏈接，皆爲‘按原狀’，並作爲一般市場評論所提供，而非投資建議。請理解和接受，所有被歸類為投資研究範圍的相關内容，並非爲了促進投資研究獨立性，而根據法律要求所編寫，而是被視爲符合營銷傳播相關法律與法規所編寫的内容。請確保您已詳讀並完全理解我們的非獨立投資研究提示和風險提示資訊，相關詳情請點擊 這裡查看。
