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Pound US Dollar Exchange Rate Soars

Outlook: Data today will be critical to the dollar. We get the personal-consumption expenditures price index, where the core is forecast up 0.2% m/m i

In a repeat of previous sessions, the core bond sell-off slowed and even went slightly into reverse during a rather dull European trading session. The peace lasted again until the start of US trading when Treasuries started slipping away without strong trigger. Intraday US yield changes are currently close to zero compared to yesterday’s record closing highs, but they are pushing for a break above 5% (2-yr), 4.5%(5-yr), 4.34% (10-yr) and 4.42% (30-yr).

The USD/CHF pair is looking to stretch its recovery above the immediate resistance of 0.8970 in the Asian session. The Swiss franc asset has rebounded

Fed speakers show growing divergence on how to proceed with monetary policy. Atlanta Fed Bostic (non-voter) is inclined to pause at the June meeting, but he confirmed that the committee is still out on the issue. If he had a bias between going up or down as a next move, it would still be up. Resilient consumer spending and tight labour markets pose upside inflation risks even as the Fed’s earlier tightening measures will start having a bigger impact.