Richard Franulovich
Richard Franulovich
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It's a neutral to a decent number. I don't think this number adds to the argument that the Fed is stopping (rate rises) at 4.5 percent.
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The dollar reaction has been virtually nil in the minutes after the numbers.
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Stepped-up U.S. appetite for foreign securities and less foreign appetite for U.S. Treasuries have come together to make this a weak number.
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There's some definite independent strength in the Australian dollar, aided by gold and commodities.
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In so far as this is already discounted by the interest rate futures markets, it is also priced into the euro and we're basically back to square one, where we started the year -- two more hikes here (in the United States), and two more in the euro (zone).
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Foreigners love U.S. assets, ... just broad-based appetite for dollar assets.
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It is a commodities story in so far as commodity demand is driven by global growth and currencies like the Australian, New Zealand and Canadian dollars should see their exports turn pretty quickly when global demand turns around.
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The West Coast Port data suggest underlying trade volumes will provide a decent offsetting boost to the U.S. trade picture, with...U.S. exports outperforming in December.
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Greenspan is speaking on the economy and ... the unmistakable message from the Fed is that hurricanes only represent a transitory risk.
ahead data fairly given initial negative reaction report size
The dollar's initial reaction was fairly muted, given the size of the negative surprise, but it is ahead of the payrolls report and also because one week's data does not make a trend,
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For a number of years now in a big picture sense, price action in Aussie seems to lead global growth. There is something like a 12 - 18 month lag.
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Net-net, given the sharp U.S. upward revisions to payrolls, for the euro to punch higher to fresh highs is nothing short of spectacular,
fed pause policy
Some well-known commentators on Fed policy have come out and said that the Fed has finished, the Fed is on pause or the Fed should take a pause,
concerns dollar improve sentiment structural
This should improve dollar sentiment ... as it alleviates a lot of the structural concerns about the dollar.