U.S. Dollar Rises As Traders Await FOMC Minutes
28 Maio 2025 - 12:36AM
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The U.S. dollar strengthened against other major currencies in
the Asian session on Wednesday, as traders await the minutes from
May's FOMC meeting due later in the day.
Traders will review the minutes from the Federal Reserve May
meeting later in the day for fresh insight into how Fed officials
are thinking through monetary policy at a time of greater
macroeconomic uncertainty.
The greenback started rising after the U.S. President Donald
Trump agreed to delay a threatened 50 percent tariffs on imports
from the European Union and data showed U.S. consumer confidence
rebounded sharply in May after a prolonged decline.
The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index rose to 98.0 in
May, up from 86.0 in the previous month (up from 85.7). This
reading indicated an increasing optimism among U.S. consumers.
Investor appetite for safe-haven assets such the USD remains
buoyed by persistent fiscal challenges in the United States,
economic concerns, and geopolitical tensions.
In the Asian trading today, the U.S. dollar rose to an 8-day
high of 144.77 against the yen, from yesterday's closing value of
144.14. The greenback may test resistance around the 149.00
region.
Against the euro, the pound and the Swiss franc, the greenback
advanced to 5-day highs of 1.1296, 1.3461 and 0.8292 from
yesterday's closing quotes of 1.1337, 1.3514 and 0.8272,
respectively. If the greenback extends its uptrend, it is likely to
resistance around 1.11 against the euro, 1.32 against the pound and
0.84 against the franc.
Against the Australia and the Canada dollars, the greenback
climbed to 5-day highs of 0.6426 and 1.3839 from Tuesday's closing
quotes of 0.6448 and 1.3810, respectively. The greenback may test
resistance around 0.63 against the aussie and 1.40 against the
loonie.
Looking ahead, the Federal Labor Agency is scheduled to release
Germany's unemployment for May at 3:55 am ET in the European
session. The jobless rate is seen unchanged at 6.3 percent.
In the New York session, U.S. MBA mortgage approvals data, U.S.
Richmond Fed manufacturing index for May and U.S. Dallas Fed
services index for May are slated for release.
At 2:00 pm ET, the Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee
(FOMC) is set to be published.
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