{"id":140418,"date":"2019-01-21T08:15:56","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T13:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/?p=140418"},"modified":"2019-01-21T06:32:36","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T11:32:36","slug":"the-us-dollar-index-has-updated-two-week-highs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2019\/01\/the-us-dollar-index-has-updated-two-week-highs\/","title":{"rendered":"The US Dollar Index Has Updated Two-Week Highs"},"content":{"rendered":"
January 21, 2019<\/div>
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by\u00a0JustForex<\/u><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

On Friday, the US dollar strengthened against a basket of major currencies amid optimism in trade relations between the US and China. As it is known, both countries want to reach a compromise in trade issues. On January 30-31, Vice Premier Liu He should visit Washington. The US dollar index (#DX) updated the two-week high and closed in the positive zone (+0.29). Today, the US financial markets are closed due to the Martin Luther King Day.<\/p>\n

On Friday, the British pound weakened against the US dollar after the publication of weak economic reports. Thus, the volume of retail sales in the UK fell by 0.9% in December, while experts expected a decline of 0.8%. Previous data were also revised downward from 1.4% to 1.3%. The core retail sales index counted to 2.6% instead of 3.9%. Today, during the Asian trading session data on China’s GDP (y\/y) were published, the figure counted to 6.4% in the fourth quarter, as investors forecasted. Industrial production rose to 5.7% in December instead of 5.3%.<\/p>\n

The “black gold” prices are falling. At the moment, futures for the WTI crude oil are testing $53.85 per barrel.<\/p>\n

Market Indicators<\/h2>\n

On Friday, the bullish sentiment was observed in the US stock market: #SPY (+1.33%), #DIA (+1.33%), #QQQ (+0.99%).<\/p>\n

The 10-year US government bonds yield is at the level of 2.77-2.78%.<\/p>

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The Economic Calendar for 21.01.2019:<\/div>\n

Today, the news feed is fairly calm. The US financial markets are closed due to the Martin Luther King Day.<\/p>\n

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