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An improvement in risk-appetite among investors tended to dampen appetite for safe-haven currencies, including the USD but not, it seemed, the EUR...

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There were two inter-related issues for the USD on Wednesday; inflation and the Fed. Both turned out to be at least a little helpful, though not enough to make it a great day for the dollar.

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It was another day on the bench for the USD. Three low-profile US ecostats came and went without creating many ripples. The NFIB business optimism index was minutely higher on the month at 101.8.

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In most respects Friday's US employment report was supportive of the USD. The economy delivered 196k new jobs in March, beating the expected 180k increase.

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Both sides sound optimistic that the trade war between America and China is heading towards a satisfactory conclusion.

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The US economy expanded at an annualized of 3.1% in Q1 and core personal consumption spending rose by a quarterly 0.4%...

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Of Tuesday's three sets of US economic data one was bullish, one was mediocre and one was quite disappointing.

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Perhaps because of the imminent Memorial Day weekend the USD did not see a lot of action on Friday.

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Prime minister Theresa May announced this morning that she will step down on June 7. The move was widely anticipated and had no effect on the GBP...

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A month or so ago investors decided that, not only would the Fed hold back from raising interest rates another notch, it could well deliver a rate cut before the end of the year.