{"id":167693,"date":"2020-03-30T07:37:47","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T11:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/?p=167693"},"modified":"2020-03-30T07:37:47","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T11:37:47","slug":"recession-fears-to-keep-dollar-supported-oil-depressed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2020\/03\/recession-fears-to-keep-dollar-supported-oil-depressed\/","title":{"rendered":"Recession fears to keep Dollar supported, Oil depressed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-407054688\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">March 30, 2020<\/div><hr style=\"border: none; border-bottom: 3px solid black;\">\r\n<\/div><\/div><p><strong>By Han Tan, Market Analyst, <a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/contributors\/contributor-profile-forextime\/\">ForexTime<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"field-body\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>The Dollar index (DXY) is halting its slump, after registering losses in six consecutive daily sessions to now test the 98.35 support level. With the Dollar-funding crunch easing, given that the Federal Reserve has worked with other central banks to improve the global financial markets\u2019 access to the Greenback, the DXY&#8217;s declines appear to have fizzled out.<\/p>\n<p>Demand for King Dollar should remain elevated, as the global economy enters a recession due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This suggests that the easy gains enjoyed by other currencies vs. the USD over recent sessions may have run their course. The US non-farm payrolls due this Friday, along with other global economic indicators to be released this week, will be used by investors to ascertain the potential severity of the economic contraction.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forextime.com\/images\/maa\/_dxydaily_149.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>OPEC+ could flood markets on April 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brent prices began the week by sliding below the $27\/bbl psychological level, while Crude is testing the $22\/bbl mark and is trading around its lowest levels in 17 years. Global markets risk being flooded with cheap Oil supply on Wednesday, April 1, after OPEC+ producers are released from their existing supply cuts deal. The quarantine measures across major economies have resulted in an unprecedented plummet\u00a0in demand, and the\u00a0global recession\u00a0should snuff\u00a0out hopes of a swift recovery in the markets, barring any supply-side interventions by major producers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forextime.com\/images\/maa\/brenth1_6.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forextime.com\/images\/maa\/crudeh1_1.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em><strong>Disclaimer: <\/strong>The content in this article comprises personal opinions and should not be construed as containing personal and\/or other investment advice and\/or an offer of and\/or solicitation for any transactions in financial instruments and\/or a guarantee and\/or prediction of future performance. ForexTime (FXTM), its affiliates, agents, directors, officers or employees do not guarantee the accuracy, validity, timeliness or completeness, of any information or data made available and assume no liability as to any loss arising from any investment based on the same.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54242 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Forex-Time-Logo.png\" alt=\"Forex-Time-Logo\" width=\"262\" height=\"90\" \/><strong>Article by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/contributors\/contributor-profile-forextime\/\">ForexTime<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ForexTime Ltd (FXTM)<\/strong> is an award winning international online forex broker regulated by CySEC 185\/12 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forextime.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.forextime.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Han Tan, Market Analyst, ForexTime The Dollar index (DXY) is halting its slump, after registering losses in six consecutive daily sessions to now test the 98.35 support level. With the Dollar-funding crunch easing, given that the Federal Reserve has worked with other central banks to improve the global financial markets\u2019 access to the Greenback, [&hellip;]<\/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-167693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167693","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=167693"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167718,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167693\/revisions\/167718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}