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Dollar pauses, sterling drops ahead of Fed, BoE
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2023-03-21 | 06:05
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Dollar pauses, sterling drops ahead of Fed, BoE
The dollar steadied and sterling fell on Tuesday as traders reckoned banking stress would keep the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England from hiking rates much further, or at all, later in the week.
Investors remained concerned over the fate of the banking sector after US lender First Republic shares tumbled nearly 50% on Monday on fears it will need a second rescue. But European banks rallied on Tuesday for a second consecutive day eased some of those fears following UBS Group's state-backed takeover of Credit Suisse.
The focus has moved to central banks meetings due this week.
Markets are pricing in a 25% chance that the Fed will stand pat when it announces its monetary policy decision on Wednesday, with a 75% chance of a 25 basis point rate hike, according to the CME FedWatch tool.
"Volatility in rates and the broader asset markets has been extraordinary recently," said John Velis, FX and macro strategist for the Americas at BNY Mellon.
"That has clouded the picture for the March (Fed) meeting and beyond. One consequence has been a substantial repricing … regarding future rate expectations," he said, with the peak seen at 5.5% only a few weeks ago, against about 4.8% now.
The dollar has followed those expectations lower, though general nervousness in financial markets has tempered selling.
The greenback ticked about 0.1% higher to $1.0729 per euro, while the dollar index, which measures the US currency against six peers, flattened at 103.36.
With UK inflation data on Wednesday expected to show some easing and amid the global financial market instability, money markets are now pricing in a 50% chance of no interest rate hike by the BoE on Thursday and the same chance of a 25 basis-point increase. Sterling fell 0.35% to $1.2234.
Data showed that Britain recorded a budget deficit of 16.68 billion pounds ($20.4 billion) in February, much higher than expected by a Reuters poll of economists.
The Norwegian crown rose 0.35% to 10.6120 per dollar, after falling last week to its lowest level since early October. Norway's central bank is expected to raise its benchmark interest rate by 25 bps to 3% this week to curb inflation and prop up a weakening currency, according to a Reuters poll.
On Tuesday, minutes showing Australia's central bank had agreed on March 7 to consider the case for a rate pause at its April policy meeting, even before the recent bout of volatility weighed on the Aussie which dropped 0.55% to $0.6681.
Sentiment remained fragile, as investors grapple with bank stress that has mushroomed from weakness in regional US banks to the humbling of a global lender in a matter of days.
"Markets remain nervous, but the rapidity of policymakers' response to the evolving banking sector risks is heartening," said Alvin Tan, head of Asia FX strategy at RBC Capital Markets.
On Sunday the Federal Reserve, in coordination with central banks elsewhere, announced it would offer daily currency swaps to ensure there would be plenty of US dollars to go around.
A top European Union securities regulator said on Tuesday that reforms to tackle vulnerabilities in money market funds were urgently needed for the sector to cope better with economic shocks.
The approval of International Monetary Fund financing for Sri Lanka sent the beaten-down Sri Lankan rupee about 5% higher against the dollar.
The dollar rose 0.66% against the yen to 132.18 after recording on Friday its biggest daily fall against the Japanese currency in more than two months.
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