Daily Currency Update
USD - United States DollarThe Federal Reserve’s upcoming meeting and statement take center stage this week, and with a new perspective, after Friday’s positive jobs report.The US economy added 2.5m jobs, beating expectations of 7.5m job loses, according to the Non-Farm Jobs report released last Friday. Half of these jobs were added in the restaurant and food sector as businesses rushed to open ahead of last week's Memorial Day. Although the USD ended the week with loses against all G10 currencies, the easing restrictions on US businesses paint a rosier picture for the USD. But what does all of this mean for the USD now and the Federal Reserve? Well, the Fed is now meeting under slightly better circumstances, but it isn't expected to change its tone too much. If anything, it entrenches the view that negative rates aren't an option or a necessity.
Key Movers
The Canadian Loonie rallied 2.6 percent versus the US dollar last week, in line with other commodity currencies. Strong Canadian employment numbers, with May’s labor market report showing an unexpected gain also helped the CAD. The Bank of Canada (BoC) kept its rate at 0.25%, noting that market conditions have improved, and the economy appears to be avoiding worst-case scenarios.Across the pond, the latest round of talks between the EU and UK on their post-Brexit relationship seems to have made minimal progress ahead of their meeting later this month. After their latest virtual meetings last week, it is reported that the two camps remain far apart on core issues such as fishing water, law making and business regulations. Boris Johnson and his team are still standing by their deadline which is currently the end of 2020.
Expected Ranges
- USD/CAD: 1.3376 - 1.3435 ▼
- GBP/USD: 1.2635 - 1.2721 ▲
- EUR/USD: 1.127 - 1.1218 ▼