gold 4 hour chart
The dollar was supported by stronger-than-expected U.S. retail sales data on Wednesday as investors also looked for clues from Federal Reserve speakers on the path for interest rates.
The euro
EURUSD
was last up 0.33% at $1.0388 but still below the four-and-a-half month peak of $1.0481 it touched Tuesday when U.S. producer price inflation data was below expectations. While it was well off its session high of the day, the euro more than erased Tuesday's losses against the yen
EURJPY
. It was last up 0.46% against the Japanese currency.
Tuesday's U.S. data had suggested last week's cooler-than-expected consumer price inflation was not a one-off, fueling hopes that the U.S. Federal Reserve can slow aggressive rate hikes that had sent the dollar soaring against the pound, euro and yen this year.
Meanwhile, two key policy doves argued on Wednesday that while the European Central Bank must continue to raise interest rates, there is a growing case for in policy tightening after a string of aggressive moves.
"A lot of people are fixated on what we're going to see regarding what the Fed and the ECB will do," said Edward Moya senior market analyst at Oanda in New York.
Also, Fed Governor Christopher Waller, an early and outspoken "hawk," said the Fed has a on rates and will still need increases into next year although he added that data made him "more comfortable" with the idea of slowing to a 50-basis point hike in December.
"There's a lot of noise in the FX market. You could say Waller and Daley's comments today were somewhat hawkish," said Moya. "The retail sales figures showing there's more resilience in the economy could make the argument the Fed could be justified in maintaining its aggressive stance against inflation."
After rising earlier, Sterling
GBPUSD
was last up 0.31% at $1.1906.
Britain is set to announce a new budget on Thursday with expectations for tax hikes and spending cuts. The pound fell to a record low of $1.0327 in September after finance minister Jeremy Hunt's predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng announced a package of unfunded tax cuts.
The dollar was up 0.07% against the Japanese yen
USDJPY
at 139.3950, compared with Tuesday's two-and-a-half-month low of 137.67.
The dollar index
DXY
, which tracks the greenback against six main peers, was recently 0.06% lower at 106.342 after earlier hitting a low of 105.859.
The euro
EURUSD
was last up 0.33% at $1.0388 but still below the four-and-a-half month peak of $1.0481 it touched Tuesday when U.S. producer price inflation data was below expectations. While it was well off its session high of the day, the euro more than erased Tuesday's losses against the yen
EURJPY
. It was last up 0.46% against the Japanese currency.
Tuesday's U.S. data had suggested last week's cooler-than-expected consumer price inflation was not a one-off, fueling hopes that the U.S. Federal Reserve can slow aggressive rate hikes that had sent the dollar soaring against the pound, euro and yen this year.
Meanwhile, two key policy doves argued on Wednesday that while the European Central Bank must continue to raise interest rates, there is a growing case for in policy tightening after a string of aggressive moves.
"A lot of people are fixated on what we're going to see regarding what the Fed and the ECB will do," said Edward Moya senior market analyst at Oanda in New York.
Also, Fed Governor Christopher Waller, an early and outspoken "hawk," said the Fed has a on rates and will still need increases into next year although he added that data made him "more comfortable" with the idea of slowing to a 50-basis point hike in December.
"There's a lot of noise in the FX market. You could say Waller and Daley's comments today were somewhat hawkish," said Moya. "The retail sales figures showing there's more resilience in the economy could make the argument the Fed could be justified in maintaining its aggressive stance against inflation."
After rising earlier, Sterling
GBPUSD
was last up 0.31% at $1.1906.
Britain is set to announce a new budget on Thursday with expectations for tax hikes and spending cuts. The pound fell to a record low of $1.0327 in September after finance minister Jeremy Hunt's predecessor Kwasi Kwarteng announced a package of unfunded tax cuts.
The dollar was up 0.07% against the Japanese yen
USDJPY
at 139.3950, compared with Tuesday's two-and-a-half-month low of 137.67.
The dollar index
DXY
, which tracks the greenback against six main peers, was recently 0.06% lower at 106.342 after earlier hitting a low of 105.859.
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