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down after Trump's SOTU speech, may offer a lifeline Aussie Dollar down on CPI miss, NZ Dollar higher as US yields decline Eurozone inflation drop might not translate into lasting weakness The US Dollar slumped in disappointment following . The speech offered nothing particularly novel, dashing speculation that the President would unveil specifics about the next stage of an aggressively expansionary fiscal program, ushering in an inflationary surge that forces the Fed into a steeper rate hike cycle.
Ebbing Fed tightening speculation translated into gains for currencies competing for yield appeal with the greenback. Not surprisingly, that led the upward, with the currency tellingly rising inversely of a drop in US Treasury bond yields. The failed to capitalize however having been humbled by .
Eurozone CPI data headlines the data docket in European trading hours. The headline year-on-year inflation rate is expected to tick down to 1.2 percent in January, the lowest in over a year. A soft result on analogous German price growth data yesterday produced a brief Euro downswing but failed to find follow-through. Absent a wild deviation from forecasts, more of the same is probably in store.
The spotlight then turns to the FOMC rate decision, which this time. Officials might be less concerned with shaping policy guidance than managing a smooth transition from Janet Yellen for whom this will be the last outing as Chair to incoming Jerome Powell. Still, a recent upshift in market measures of inflation expectations might bring a slightly hawkish tone, offering a lifeline to the greenback.
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--- Written by Ilya Spivak, Currency Strategist for DailyFX.com
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