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Abstract:The safe-haven U.S. dollar hovered near a two-week high against its major peers on Tuesday amid escalating worries about both a faster pace of Federal Reserve policy tightening and potential military conflict in Ukraine.
The Australian dollar rose briefly after strong consumer price numbers boosted the case for a Reserve Bank interest rate increase this year.
The Fed begins a two-day policy meeting later in the global day, and investors will be anxious for any hints on the timing and pace of rate hikes, as well as about how fast the central bank will shrink its more-than $8 trillion holdings of Treasuries and mortgage debt.
Money markets are priced for a first rate hike in March, with three more quarter-point increases by year-end.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, edged up slightly to 95.920, after climbing as high as 96.135 overnight for the first time since Jan. 10.
“The case for the Fed potentially following up a March rate rise before the June meeting – even as early as April – is a very compelling one, and there is a risk that the market will still have to reprice,” said Ray Attrill, head of FX strategy at National Australia Bank in Sydney.
“The geopolitical risk has just added a new layer of safe haven support.”
Markets until recently had mostly shrugged off the massing of Russian troops on Ukraines borders, but tensions have ratcheted up lately. NATO said it was putting forces on standby and reinforcing eastern Europe with more ships and fighter jets, in what Russia denounced as an escalation of tensions.
ING Bank strategist Francesco Pesole said markets were pricing more of a risk premium into the euro, with fears increasing that Russias stand-off over Ukraine with the West could prompt Moscow to curb energy supplies to Europe.
The euro slipped 0.08% to $1.1323, leaving it near the middle of its range of the past week. Overnight it fell as low as $1.1291 for the first time since Jan. 10.
The dollar eased slightly to 113.87 versus fellow safe haven the yen, after recovering from a one-month low of 113.47 touched in the previous session.
The Aussie traded 0.09% higher at $0.7150 after briefly climbing as much as 0.45% as a key inflation gauge jumped to a 7 1/2-year peak.
Many analysts contend that such a pace will force the RBA into a rate hike this year, despite Governor Philip Lowe previously maintaining that such an eventuality was extremely unlikely.
Money markets have long been at odds with the RBAs dovish stance, and are priced for a rate hike by June.
“The numbers are clearly well above the RBA‘s own forecasts for inflation, so the chances they will have to capitulate on their previous guidance are rising by the day,” said NAB’s Attrill.
At the same, “the numbers simply validated the position of the money markets,” he said, adding that explained why the Aussie didnt have a sustained rally.
Cryptocurrencies traded weaker, but were well off the lows tested at the start of the week. Bitcoin changed hands at close to $36,500, after dipping below $33,000 on Monday for the first time in six months. It has halved in value since touching a record $69,000 in November.
Smaller rival ether last traded around $2,440, following its dive to a six-month low of $2,160.
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Wednesday's major data releases and macroeconomic events are expected to cause volatility to increase after another day of erratic trading in the financial markets. The Spring Budget for the UK will be released, and January Retail Sales figures for January will be made available by Eurostat. ADP Employment Change for February and January JOLTS Job Openings will be discussed later in the session on the US economic docket.
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