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Dollar appears to be taking a breather, experiencing a broad decline in month-end trading as it reverses some of its recent gains. The initial support from the debt ceiling deal seems to be waning, while market participants are adopting a cautious stance ahead of this week's crucial non-farm payroll data. The figures are expected to influence bets on whether Fed will hike rates again in June. ....
Eurozone Economic Sentiment Indicator ticked up from 99.2 to 99.3 in April, below expectation of 99.9. This is the third month of a general sideways movement of the indicator. Industry confidence dropped from -0.5 to -2.6. Services confidence rose from 9.6 to 10.5. Consumer confidence rose from -19.1 to -17.5. Retail trade confidence rose from -1.5 to -1.0. Construction confidence was unchanged at 1.0. Employment Expectation Indicator dropped from 108.9 to 107.4. Economic Uncertainty Indicator dropped from 22.4 to 22.2. ....
Dollar shrugs off worse than expected Q1 GDP data and recovers against European majors in early US session. But momentum is so far weak except versus Swiss Franc, which happens to be the worst performer for the day. Australian Dollar and other commodity currencies turned into consolidation, digesting this week's losses. Meanwhile, Euro and Sterling are losing much momentum for now, and turned mixed. Yen is also engaging in range trading, awaiting tomorrow's first BoJ announcement by new governor Kazuo Ueda. ....