U.S. Dollar Gives Back Ground Following Recent Strength
27 Febrero 2023 - 10:25AM
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After trending higher over the past several sessions, the value
of the U.S. dollar has given back some ground during trading on
Monday.
The U.S. dollar index is falling 0.56 points or 0.5 percent to
104.66 after reaching its highest levels in over two months last
Friday.
Currently, the greenback is trading at 136.21 yen versus the
136.48 yen it fetched at the close of New York trading on Friday.
Against the euro, the dollar is trading at $1.0608 compared to last
Friday's $1.0548.
The dollar's retreat versus the euro partly reflects concerns
about the outlook for European interest rates, with some traders
pricing in a terminal rate of 3.9 percent next February.
"The king dollar trade might make a comeback, but many investors
are expecting the ECB to deliver more rate hikes than all of its
major trading partners," said Edward Moya, senior market analyst at
OANDA.
The pullback by the dollar also came following the release of
some mixed U.S. economic data, including a Commerce Department
report showing a sharp pullback in new orders for durable goods in
the month of January.
The report said durable goods orders plunged by 4.5 percent in
January after surging by a downwardly revised 5.1 percent in
December.
Economists had expected durable goods orders to tumble by 4.0
percent compared to the 5.6 percent spike that had been reported
for the previous month.
The steep drop by durable goods orders came as orders for
transportation equipment plummeted by 13.3 percent in January after
soaring by 15.8 percent in December.
Excluding orders for transportation equipment, durable goods
orders climbed by 0.7 percent in January after falling by 0.4
percent in December. Economists had expected a 0.1 percent
uptick.
Meanwhile, the National Association of Realtors released a
separate report showing pending home sales in the U.S. spiked by
much more than expected in the month of January.
NAR said its pending home sales index soared by 8.1 percent to
82.5 in January after jumping by 1.1 percent to a downwardly
revised 76.3 in December.
Economists had expected pending home sales to advance by 1.0
percent compared to the 2.5 percent surge originally reported for
the previous month.
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