{"id":149928,"date":"2019-06-19T12:42:40","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T16:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/?p=149928"},"modified":"2019-06-19T10:43:48","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T14:43:48","slug":"dollar-resilience-being-tested-in-lead-up-to-fed-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2019\/06\/dollar-resilience-being-tested-in-lead-up-to-fed-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Dollar resilience being tested in lead up to Fed decision"},"content":{"rendered":"
June 19, 2019<\/div>
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By Han Tan, Market Analyst, ForexTime<\/a><\/strong>
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The Dollar index appears to be carving a path back down towards the psychological 97 handle, having been in a holding pattern in the hours leading up to the Federal Reserve\u2019s policy announcement.<\/p>\n

The US central bank is expected to keep interest rates unchanged this week, while expressing a more dovish policy stance that could pave the way for interest rate cuts over the coming months. Rising expectations over a Fed rate cut is testing the resilience of the DXY, whereby a Fed statement that\u2019s interpreted as more dovish compared to market expectations could see the DXY unwinding its recent gains.<\/p>\n

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EURUSD tests 1.12 support level<\/strong><\/p>\n

The DXY was recently given a boost by the ailing Euro, following ECB President Mario Draghi\u2019s dovish guidance towards potentially more policy stimulus for the Eurozone. EURUSD\u2019s stay above the 1.13 psychological level proved short-lived, as it now tests the 1.12 support level. However, should the Fed prepare markets for a potential US interest rate cut, the Dollar\u2019s softness may allow the Euro to pare recent losses and open a path back up to 1.13.<\/p>\n

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GBPUSD opening path towards 1.25<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Pound has been weighed down by Brexit uncertainties and political turmoil, as the UK Conservative party\u2019s hunt for a new leader is underway. With GBPUSD opening a path towards the 1.25 psychological level, Sterling bears have clearly made their presence felt in the markets, as GBPUSD continues to hunt for a stronger floor. While a new UK Prime Minister being appointed by end-July may remove a layer of uncertainty over the Pound, Brexit\u2019s uncertain path remains a major overhang over GBPUSD, which could mute future attempts at carving out gains.<\/p>\n

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By Han Tan, Market Analyst, ForexTime The Dollar index appears to be carving a path back down towards the psychological 97 handle, having been in a holding pattern in the hours leading up to the Federal Reserve\u2019s policy announcement. The US central bank is expected to keep interest rates unchanged this week, while expressing a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149928"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149932,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149928\/revisions\/149932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}