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Dollar rises to 10-1/2-month peak, lifted by Treasury yield surge

Mark White by Mark White
September 28, 2021
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Euro, Hong Kong dollar, U.S. dollar, Japanese yen, pound and Chinese 100 yuan banknotes are seen in this picture illustration, January 21, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee/Illustration

  • Euro falls to six-week low vs dollar
  • Japan’s yen falls versus dollar, euro
  • British pound down sharply

NEW YORK, Sept 28 (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar surged to its highest in more than 10 months on Tuesday, tracking the rise in Treasury yields, as investors looked ahead to the Federal Reserve possibly reducing asset purchases in November and an interest rate hike likely to follow.

On Tuesday, benchmark 10-year Treasury yields hit a three-month peak, and were last up four basis points at 1.5253% .

The rise in yields accelerated after the U.S. central bank turned hawkish at last week’s monetary policy meeting, reinforcing the market view for a sooner-than-expected Fed taper.

“Yields are generally moving higher as rising inflation expectations weigh on the relative attractiveness of government bonds, but are climbing even faster in the United States as traders bet the Federal Reserve will move more quickly than its global counterparts,” said Karl Schamotta, chief market strategist at Cambridge Global Payments in Toronto.

“Rate differentials are tilting toward the dollar, weakening low-yielders and putting pressure on economies with significant borrowing needs.”

In afternoon trading in New York, the U.S. dollar index reached its highest level since early November and was last up 0.3% at 93.719.

Risk aversion exacerbated the currency market moves, said Neil Jones, head of FX sales at Mizuho, with Wall Street shares down.

The Australian dollar, which is seen as a liquid proxy for risk appetite, dropped 0.6% at US$0.7240 .

The euro was down 0.1% versus the dollar at $1.1681 . Earlier in the session, it hit a six-week low of $1.1668, after comments from U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, saying that U.S. inflation at the end of the year would be closer to 4%, double the Fed target.

“One theme that seems to be gaining traction is that the market lies on the cusp of reassessing the path for the Fed tightening cycle,” ING strategists wrote in a note to clients.

“A big move higher in the short-end is the key reason why we are bullish on the dollar, particularly from 2Q next year, but we will closely monitor and reassess whether that move needs to come earlier – largely a function of timing the take-off in short-end rates.”

The Japanese yen weakened to its lowest level in nearly three months against the dollar. The greenback was last up 0.5% at 111.57 yen. .

The yen is the G10 currency most correlated with U.S. two-year and 10-year Treasury yields, MUFG currency analyst Lee Hardman said in a note to clients.

Minutes from the Bank of Japan’s July meeting showed that some central bank policymakers warned of the risk of a delay in the country’s economic recovery. read more

The British pound, meanwhile, was down 1.2% at $1.3532. The currency jumped last week after a hawkish tone by the Bank of England, but analysts struck a cautious note on the currency as Britain struggled with supply chain chaos due to a shortage of truck drivers. read more

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Currency bid prices at 3:02 PM (1902 GMT)

Reporting by Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss; Additional reporting by Elizabeth Howcroft in London; Editing by Bernadette Baum, Susan Fenton and Mark Heinrich

Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.



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Mark White is the editor of the ProcurementNation, a Media Outlet covering supply chain and logistics issues. He joined The New York Times in 2007 as an commodities reporter, and most recently served as foreign-exchange editor in New York.

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