Dollar index has biggest daily pct gain since 2020 after unexpected rise U.S. consumer prices
Reuters
Published Sep 13, 2022 02:35
Updated Sep 13, 2022 21:45
By Caroline Valetkevitch
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar rallied against the yen, euro and other currencies on Tuesday after stronger-than-expected U.S. inflation data boosted investor bets that the Federal Reserve will need to stay aggressive in raising interest rates.
The dollar index, which tracks the greenback against its peers, was up 1.5% at 109.85 in its biggest one-day percentage gain since March 2020. It was still below last week's two-decade peak of 110.79. The index turned positive after the data release.
The euro, pound and yen all weakened sharply. The euro was last down 1.5% versus the greenback at $0.9973, after hitting a nearly one-month high of $1.0198 in the previous session. The euro has traded below parity in 16 of the last 17 sessions.
According to the Labor Department report, U.S. consumer prices unexpectedly rose in August and underlying inflation picked up amid rising costs for rents and healthcare.
"The data was far stronger than expected. Particularly worrisome is the fact that core inflation came in almost double estimates," said Karl Schamotta, chief market strategist at Corpay in Toronto.
"This is going to put the idea of transitory inflation to bed for now and anchor U.S. yields and the dollar substantially higher. The key thing here is that we're now looking at near-certain odds on a 75-basis-point move next week."
After the report, interest-rate futures traders dumped any lingering bets on Fed policymakers slowing their rate hike pace when they meet next week. They piled into bets on a third straight 75 basis points hike that would lift the Fed's current 2.25% to 2.5% policy rate range to 3% to 3.25%, and rate contracts now also reflect about one-in-four odds of a surprise full-percentage-point increase at the Sept. 20-21 meeting.
The dollar had eased in recent sessions after its strong run higher, while the euro had been gaining in recent sessions following hawkish talk from the European Central Bank.
Against the yen, the dollar was last up 1.2% at 144.51. Earlier, the Japanese currency found support from comments from officials signaling the government could take steps to counter excessive yen weakness.
Sterling was down against the dollar as well. The pound was last down 1.6% at $1.1499. Earlier in the day, it rose to a two-week high after the British jobless rate dropped to its lowest level since 1974, while wages excluding bonuses rose by 5.2%, the highest rate since the three months to August 2021.
In cryptocurrencies, bitcoin last fell 9.48% to $20,277.00, while ether was down 6.8% at $1,600.
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Currency bid prices at 4:08PM (2008 GMT)
Description RIC Last U.S. Close Pct Change YTD Pct High Bid Low Bid
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Session
Dollar index
109.8500 108.2200 +1.53% 14.830% +109.8900 +107.6700
Euro/Dollar
$0.9973 $1.0122 -1.47% -12.27% +$1.0188 +$0.9970
Dollar/Yen
144.5050 142.8200 +1.19% +25.53% +144.6750 +141.6050
Euro/Yen
144.12 144.58 -0.32% +10.59% +145.0300 +144.0400
Dollar/Swiss
0.9616 0.9539 +0.83% +5.45% +0.9632 +0.9482
Sterling/Dollar
$1.1499 $1.1683 -1.56% -14.97% +$1.1738 +$1.1497
Dollar/Canadian
1.3167 1.2985 +1.41% +4.14% +1.3174 +1.2954
Aussie/Dollar
$0.6733 $0.6889 -2.26% -7.37% +$0.6916 +$0.6726
Euro/Swiss
0.9591 0.9652 -0.63% -7.50% +0.9677 +0.9585
Euro/Sterling
0.8671 0.8662 +0.10% +3.23% +0.8694 +0.8649
NZ
Dollar/Dollar $0.5992 $0.6137 -2.38% -12.47% +$0.6161 +$0.5987
Dollar/Norway
10.1080 9.8455 +2.71% +14.79% +10.1185 +9.8185
Euro/Norway
10.0824 9.9616 +1.21% +0.69% +10.0908 +9.9547
Dollar/Sweden
10.6915 10.4874 +0.61% +18.56% +10.6979 +10.4140
Euro/Sweden
10.6645 10.5996 +0.61% +4.21% +10.6708 +10.5995
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