The U.S. dollar rallied in early European trade Thursday, boosted by the Federal Reserve\u2019s hawkish projection of more tightening this year, while the euro weakened ahead of the latest European Central Bank policy meeting.<\/p>\n
At 02:05 ET (06:05 GMT), the\u00a0Dollar Index<\/a><\/span>, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six other currencies, traded 0.3% higher to 102.835, recovering from the previous session\u2019s four-week low.<\/p>\n The U.S. currency bounced after recent losses following the conclusion of the latest policy-setting meeting of the\u00a0Federal Reserve<\/a><\/span>\u00a0on Wednesday, with the central bank deciding to pause its year-long policy tightening cycle, as widely expected.<\/p>\n However, the Fed also signaled in new economic projections that rates will likely rise by another half of a percentage point, i.e. two more hikes of 25 basis points, by the end of this year.<\/p>\n \u201cWe think signalling another hike in the 2023 projections would trigger a quite substantial dollar rally as markets see the July meeting as the most likely date for the next rate increase,\u201d said analysts at ING, in a note.<\/p>\n EUR\/USD<\/a><\/span>\u00a0fell 0.2% to 1.0817, suffering from the resurgence of the dollar ahead of the European Central Bank\u2019s next\u00a0rate decision<\/a><\/span>\u00a0later in the session, with another 25 basis-point hike widely expected.<\/p>\n Such a move would be the eighth straight increase of that size, and the ECB is also expected to signal more hikes to come in the months ahead following President Christine Lagarde’s recent comments that “there is no clear evidence that underlying inflation has peaked.\u201d<\/p>\n USD\/JPY<\/a><\/span>\u00a0rose 0.8% to 141.14, climbing to levels not seen since November last year after traders drew the distinction between the hawkish commentary from the Federal Reserve and what is likely to come from the\u00a0Bank of Japan<\/a><\/span>\u00a0on Friday.<\/p>\n The BoJ is widely expected to maintain its ultra-dovish stance and yield curve control settings as it attempts to support the country\u2019s nascent economic recovery.<\/p>\n However, a Japanese government spokesperson did try to offer vocal support for the yen, saying volatile currency market moves were undesirable and authorities would take “appropriate” action as needed.<\/p>\n Elsewhere,\u00a0GBP\/USD<\/a><\/span>\u00a0fell 0.1% to 1.2652,\u00a0NZD\/USD<\/a><\/span>\u00a0fell 0.3% to 0.6189 after data showed New Zealand’s economy shrank into a technical\u00a0recession\u00a0<\/a><\/span>in the first quarter, while\u00a0USD\/CNY<\/a><\/span>\u00a0fell 0.2% to 7.1529, with the yuan trading near a six-month low after the People\u2019s Bank of China cut interest rates on its medium-term loans on Thursday.<\/p>\n Source: https:\/\/www.investing.com\/news\/forex-news\/dollar-surges-after-fed-signals-more-rate-hikes-ahead-3105895<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The U.S. dollar rallied in early European trade Thursday, boosted by the Federal Reserve\u2019s hawkish projection of more tightening this year, while the euro weakened ahead of the latest European Central Bank policy meeting. At 02:05 ET (06:05 GMT), the\u00a0Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six other currencies, traded 0.3% higher […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":615,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","wpautop"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"2.10.10","language":"es","enabled_languages":["en","nl","es","sv","fr"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"nl":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"es":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"sv":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"fr":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"yoast_head":"\r\nHawkish Fed supports the dollar<\/strong><\/h3>\n
ECB expected to hike later<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Yen hits seven-month low<\/strong><\/h3>\n