Tim Mazanec
Tim Mazanec
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Consumers have been the strongest piece of this economy, so if we see some weakness in retail sales, and the Michigan survey should be off on Friday, we should see the euro win the benefit of the doubt,
ahead claims helped looking next tomorrow week
Jobless claims helped (the U.S. dollar), but we're looking ahead to tomorrow and next week at this point.
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Even though the data has been inflationary and indicative of a stronger economy, comments from the Fed suggest they're going to wait and see.
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If unit labor costs are not increasing as much as we initially expected, that would get the Fed to pause (rate hikes) sooner than expected.
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It's a continuation of the trend we've seen.
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That really backed up the fact that strength is still expected in the economy, which means more rate hikes to keep inflation at bay, so that has supported the dollar this afternoon.
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The report was spot on expectations, signaling continued growth in the U.S. employment sector. It should bode well for the economy, but the reaction is null and void in the market as we await Greenspan.
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The price index came in higher and that kind of confirms expectations for at least two more rate hikes from the Fed.
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There are continued expectations of more Fed rate increases, whereas with other central banks we may only see a one- off move here and there. The reasons to be in the dollar outweigh any other currency.
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We are getting a consistent view from the Fed now that they are somewhat worried about the risk of a higher inflation rate. That is going to cause more rate hikes to come and higher yields will help the dollar.
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The factory orders report was very slightly better than expected, although after revisions it was pretty much spot on what the market was expecting.