Sentences with phrase «us dollar weakness»

«We're pretty much back to where we were at the beginning of the year, so a lot of the dollar weakness has been pretty much wiped out,» said Sireen Harajli, foreign exchange strategist at Mizuho in New York.

While gold is often considered an inflation hedge, Julius Baer said in a note, the fact that price pressures were being driven by confidence about growth rather than dollar weakness and rising oil prices meant it was failing to react positively.

Dollar weakness, which continued into early January after its biggest annual drop since 2003, had helped to lift assets priced in the U.S. currency, with gold last week registering a fourth straight weekly gain for the first time since April.

To the extent that dollar weakness reflects disproportionate improvement abroad, it undercuts claims that US policy is the reason for recent strong performance since Donald Trump is not president of the whole world.

Following Christmas and New Year holidays we have seen a new bout of dollar weakness across the board which may not be over yet based on recent price developments.

The balance of the appreciation reflects forces other than U.S. - dollar weakness and commodity prices.

Global reflation, combined with U.S. - dollar weakness, created investor complacency that ideal liquidity conditions would continue indefinitely.

Even without dollar weakness, Monday's action conveyed very negative information from the standpoint of our investment discipline.

Commodities are a mixed bag, with gold trading near $ 1350 again, benefiting from the Dollar weakness despite the slight risk - on shift, while oil pulling back thanks to the relief regarding the Syrian situation.

With dollar weakness complicating the investment case for U.S. fixed income assets, flows to U.S. Bond Funds were close to neutral going into March as investors pulled back from all the major groups except Emerging Markets Hard Currency Bond Funds...

Despite our expectation for dollar weakness, technical and sentiment indicators suggest the potential for a near term dollar rebound.

Probably one of the surprises in the coming year will be fresh dollar weakness combined with falling commodity prices (i.e. global commodity prices falling faster than the value of the dollar itself).

The move reflected dollar weakness caused by a less hawkish than expected Fed statement following its widely anticipated decision to leave policy on hold.

On the other hand, the nascent recovery appears mostly a reflection of dollar weakness — not EM strength.

Gold performed as expected during the quarter, serving as a safe haven and delivering positive returns, while the price of oil surged more than 5 percent on U.S. dollar weakness and news that OPEC and Russia could be cooperating to limit output for a long period.

(5) US Dollar weakness and Canadian Dollar strength in H2 2004 and 2005.

The first few months of the year, through to the second half of April, were a period of unilateral Australian dollar weakness (Graph 28).

As usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weakness.

With the market apparently far more concerned with perception than reality when it comes to the Fed, any tendency toward higher inflation figures or substantial dollar weakness is likely to make investors fret that the Fed might not be able to «ease» as aggressively as it otherwise would.

This sudden dollar weakness is probably not benign.

BEIJING — China's foreign exchange reserves rose slightly in March as broad U.S. dollar weakness continued and escalating trade tensions between the world's two largest economies bolstered expectations of a firmer Chinese currency.

It really creates a difficult situation for the Fed if the dollar weakness continues because it completely ties their hands in responding to the next down term here.

I'm struggling to ascertain if POUND strength is indicative of overall DOLLAR weakness as the market is searching for all alternatives.

An improving US economy, falling unemployment and the prospect of more Australian dollar weakness had us thinking that its suburban office buildings were going to further increase in value.

Gold performed as expected during the quarter, serving as a safe haven and delivering positive returns, while the price of oil surged more than 5 % on U.S. dollar weakness and news that OPEC and Russia could be cooperating to limit output for a long period.

However, it was not clear if the stock market's positive reaction was in response to the Kudlow news or the CPI data and resulting dollar weakness.

Today I heard someone dismiss further US dollar weakness because «everyone knows that.»

Perhaps that's no big deal, but it reflects US dollar weakness.

The potential adjustments might include further dollar weakness, higher interest rates, or a shortfall in gross domestic investment.

U.S. dollar weakness has added to commodity price gains, but we see other factors driving prices from here.

Companies with a large share of global sales have outperformed other groups of stocks this year based on the uncertain prospects for the US economy, U.S. dollar weakness, and high hopes for a global economic recovery, spurred by developing economies.

Here are some ETFs that may continue to see strength due to continued dollar weakness and inflation fears given the latest round of Treasury purchases (with the door open for more to come in the future):

Since c. 2008 - 9, investors are hedging against «inflation, US dollar weakness and possible geopolitical events,» instead of investing in the front end of the oil market.

Even extreme recent U.S. dollar weakness has failed to stem Bitcoin's harrowing drop from $ 19,000 in mid-December.

The spotlight is now on the US NFP report as a strong read could renew Fed rate hike hopes while a downbeat figure could mean more dollar weakness versus bitcoin.

Dollar weakness has carried on for the past few days as traders continued to adjust positions to account for the downbeat inflation outlook shared by Yellen and most FOMC policymakers.

Not exact matches

The consensus in the commentary was that this was due to continued weakness in the Oil patch and strength in the dollar.

«Combining [a strong dollar] with weakness in economies abroad, it's hard to be optimistic,» Khouw said on «Options Action» last week.

Progress to overhaul the U.S. tax system and President Donald Trump's choice to lead the Federal Reserve could be two major events that lead to weakness for the dollar, according to one currency expert.

Even if you do trust your car, take its strengths and weaknesses into account, says Tara Baukus Mello, Bankrate's Driving for Dollars columnist.

But for now, the weakness of the U.S. dollar is another headache for the European Central Bank.

After his speech, Poloz said the recent weakness in the loonie hasn't had much of an impact on Canadian exports, which tend to benefit from a slide in the dollar.

LONDON, Oct 24 - The euro fell to a one - week low against the dollar on Wednesday after worse - than - expected German business activity and sentiment data fuelled concerns of weakness in the euro zone's largest economy.

In the last couple of months, oil has tended to move inversely to the dollar, as weakness in the currency makes it cheaper for non-U.S. investors in crude to buy and vice versa.

Better China data and a weaker dollar has a slight bid under Industrial metals as well as Ore - but weakness persists in Oil - Brent is off 2.2 % and WTI 1.6 % as Saudi signals they r fine with South of $ 90 - even as low as $ 80.

Given the recent weakness in the dollar, the modest acceleration in hourly wages and stable leading indicators, for now my view is that the U.S. economy will continue to expand in the coming quarters.

He said the central bank's rate rise talk could restart the negative feedback loop that took place this year, when a strong dollar leaned on emerging markets currencies, including the Chinese yuan, and commodities prices, creating tight financial conditions and economic weakness.

Gartner noted that the weakness of other currencies against the dollar had led to price hikes in certain regions, leading in turn to fewer sales.

The rally has technical limits and two significant resistance features which may act to cap the rise and drive the Australia dollar into weakness.

Schlossberg said once the risk aversion fades, the dollar may also run into trouble if the economy is beginning to sputter, with recent weakness in housing data and this week's soft February retail sales.