Market Participants May Take a Wait-and-See Approach on the Upside Potential of the U.S. Dollar, Which Is Gaining Ground on the Back of Strong U.S. ADP Data
03.10.2024
- Turkey: Consumer Price Index
- U.S. Durable Goods Orders
In U.S. currency trading the previous day, the U.S. dollar emerged as the strongest currency during U.S. trading hours after the September ADP employment report, released yesterday, showed a significant improvement to 143,000 from the previous month’s 99,000, exceeding market expectations of 121,000.The euro/dollar pair fell gradually from 1.1082 to 1.1032. It continues to decline during today’s Asian trading session. Since the daily chart shows prices have fallen to near last month’s low, we will be watching to see if the U.S. dollar strengthens further during European trading hours.
Among European currencies, the pound rose against the yen. The GBP/JPY pair rose from 190.401 to 194.413, gaining 4 yen in a single day.On the 4-hour chart, the 200-period SMA is firmly acting as a support level, and on the daily chart, the RSI—which had been trending downward—is turning upward again. We will be watching closely to see if the pound continues to strengthen against the yen during U.S. trading hours.
Today, at 10:30, Australia’s trade balance will be released; at 15:00, Turkey’s consumer price index and producer price index will be released; at 15:30, Switzerland’s consumer price index will be released; at 16:50, France’s non-manufacturing PMI will be released;at 4:55 PM, Germany’s Non-Manufacturing PMI; at 5:00 PM, the Eurozone’s Non-Manufacturing PMI; at 5:30 PM, the UK’s Non-Manufacturing PMI; at 6:00 PM, the Eurozone’s Producer Price Index; at 8:30 PM, the U.S. Challenger Layoff Count;U.S. Initial Jobless Claims at 9:30 p.m., U.S. PMI at 10:45 p.m., U.S. Durable Goods Orders and U.S. ISM Non-Manufacturing Index at 11:00 p.m., and remarks by Bostic, President of the Atlanta Fed, at 11:40 p.m.Given the strong U.S. ADP report, we will cautiously monitor the upside potential of the rising U.S. dollar.
