{"id":138777,"date":"2018-12-12T08:15:53","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T13:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/?p=138777"},"modified":"2018-12-12T07:03:11","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T12:03:11","slug":"the-usd-index-updated-monthly-maximums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2018\/12\/the-usd-index-updated-monthly-maximums\/","title":{"rendered":"The USD Index Updated Monthly Maximums"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-452797684\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">December 12, 2018<\/div><hr style=\"border: none; border-bottom: 3px solid black;\">\r\n<\/div><\/div><p><strong>by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/justforex.com\/?utm_source=countingpips&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=analytics_market_overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>JustForex<\/u><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"ag-analytics_text\">The USD strengthened against the basket of other currencies due to the recovery of the US Treasury bonds 10-year yield. The USD index updated the monthly maximum and closed in the green (+0.18%). Also yesterday the US published the Manufacturer&#8217;s Price Index which grew by 0.1% in November, just as the experts predicted. Today we expect essential reports from the US.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ag-analytics_text\">The GBP remains under pressure due to the Brexit conundrum. Yesterday&#8217;s reports from the UK labor market are also somewhat ambiguous. For example, the average wage grew by 3.3% while the experts expected 3.0%. The September`s growth was also re-reviewed and closed at 3.1%. However, the number of requests for the unemployment benefits grew to 21.9K instead of 13.2K. The data from October was also re-reviewed from 20.2K to 23.2K.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ag-analytics_text\">Prices on oil moderately grew. The WTI futures are at 51.95 USD\/barrel. At 17:30 (GMT+2) the report on the US crude oil reserves will be published.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"ag-analytics_title\">Market Indicators<\/h2>\n<p class=\"ag-analytics_text\">The US stock market had a variety of trends yesterday: #SPY (+0,02%), #DIA (-0,20%), #QQQ (+0,33%).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ag-analytics_text\">The US Treasury bond 10-year yield started to grow. 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The USD index updated the monthly maximum and closed in the green (+0.18%). Also yesterday the US published the Manufacturer&#8217;s Price Index which grew by 0.1% in November, just as the experts predicted. 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