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Dollar Extends Gains Against the Yen but Broadly Firmer Ahead of the FOMC

Overview: The US dollar remains bid ahead of the outcome of today's FOMC meeting. No change in policy is expected, but the forward guidance, partly delivered in the updated projections, is the focus. In the last iteration (December), the Fed "dot" was for three rate cuts this year. Japanese markets were closed for a national holiday today but dollar's gains against the yen have been extended and the greenback is nearing the peak seen in the last two years slightly...

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Argentinien: «Schocktherapie, Revolution oder heisse Luft?»

«Als Franklin D. Roosevelt 1933 an die Macht kam, befanden sich die USA gerade im vierten Jahr der Grossen Depression. Angesichts der schweren wirtschaftlichen Turbulenzen hatte Roosevelt kaum eine andere Wahl, als innerhalb kürzester Zeit mit der Umsetzung von Strukturreformen zu beginnen. So wurde das Konzept der «ersten 100 Tage» eines Präsidenten oder einer Präsidentin geboren», schreibt Michael Talbot, Public Fixed Income bei M&G Investments.

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Strong US Retail Sales may Help Extend the Dollar’s Recovery

Overview: We have put emphasis on today's US retail sales report. A recovery from the weather-induced weakness in January should underscore the resilience of US demand after another 200k jobs were created and personal income jumped 1%. While the dollar has traded firmer in the first half of this week, given the 25 bp jump in the US two-year yield, its performance is somewhat disappointing. It is narrowly mixed in the European morning against the G10 currencies. The...

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