* Dollar rises to nearly 3-month high vs yen* Euro falls after German elections* Focus on Fed speakers this week(Recasts, adds new comme
* Dollar rises to nearly 3-month high vs yen
* Euro falls after German elections
* Focus on Fed speakers this week
(Recasts, adds new comment, FX table, NEW YORK dateline, byline, updates prices)
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Ritvik Carvalho
NEW YORK/LONDON, Sept 27 (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar gained for a second straight session on Monday,
bolstered by the rise in Treasury yields ahead of a slew of Federal Reserve speakers this week who could
reinforce expectations of the start of asset purchase tapering before the end of the year.
U.S. benchmark 10-year Treasury yields hit a three-month high of $1.516%.
Fed speakers will be in focus this week, led by Chair Jerome Powell, who will join Treasury Secretary
Janet Yellen in speaking before Congress on Tuesday.
The dollar index, which measures the U.S. currency against six major rivals, rose 0.2% to 93.442.
The greeback also extended gains after data showed new orders and shipments of key U.S.-made capital
goods increased solidly in August, rising 0.5% in August amid strong demand for computers and electronic
products.
But the market has been more focused on the U.S. Treasury market.
U.S. yields climbed to their highest since late June in anticipation of tighter U.S. monetary policy
after the Fed announced last week that it may start tapering stimulus as soon as November and flagged
interest rate increases may follow sooner than expected.
“Yields are higher because there is a stronger belief in markets that the Fed will choreograph a
tapering move before the year ends,” said Juan Perez, FX strategist and trader at Tempus Inc in Washington.
“Nevertheless, there are too many items to really have a clear picture of anything at the moment. One
thing is clear is the dollar was a winner from the slowdown that the Delta variant caused, which was both
physical and psychological and diminished the excitement that was built during the second quarter,” he
added.
The euro fell 0.2% against the dollar to $1.1692.
Moves in the currency pair largely ignored developments in German elections at the weekend, with the
Social Democrats projected to narrowly defeat the CDU/CSU conservative bloc.
The European Central Bank, meanwhile, hosts an annual forum on Tuesday and Wednesday, with not only ECB
President Christine Lagarde speaking to open day one, but also joining a panel discussion on day two with
Powell, Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda and Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey.
The dollar rose 0.2% versus the yen to 110.925, after earlier rising to a near three-month
high. It gained 0.4% versus the Swiss franc to 0.9275 francs.
The risk-sensitive Australian dollar climbed as fears of widespread market contagion from indebted China
Evergrande Group receded.
Rising commodity prices also helped the Aussie and Norway’s crown, while the yen was pressured as higher
U.S. yields attracted Japanese investor money.
Concerns that Evergrande, China’s second-largest developer, could default on its $305 billion of debt
have overshadowed trade in recent weeks, but some of those contagion fears are receding.
The People’s Bank of China injected a net 100 billion yuan ($15.5 billion) into the financial system on
Monday, adding to the net 320 billion yuan last week, the most since January.
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Currency bid prices at 10:01AM (1401 GMT)
Description RIC Last U.S. Close Pct Change YTD Pct High Bid Low Bid
Previous Change
Session
Dollar index 93.3520 93.2680 +0.10% 3.746% +93.4940 +93.2060
Euro/Dollar $1.1701 $1.1722 -0.17% -4.23% +$1.1730 +$1.1685
Dollar/Yen 110.8200 110.7350 +0.09% +7.26% +111.0600 +110.5300
Euro/Yen 129.66 129.75 -0.07% +2.16% +129.9300 +129.4900
Dollar/Swiss 0.9262 0.9243 +0.22% +4.70% +0.9291 +0.9246
Sterling/Dollar $1.3716 $1.3670 +0.34% +0.40% +$1.3719 +$1.3661
Dollar/Canadian 1.2649 1.2657 -0.05% -0.66% +1.2672 +1.2610
Aussie/Dollar $0.7280 $0.7257 +0.33% -5.35% +$0.7290 +$0.7250
Euro/Swiss 1.0838 1.0831 +0.06% +0.29% +1.0864 +1.0835
Euro/Sterling 0.8529 0.8565 -0.42% -4.57% +0.8583 +0.8528
NZ $0.7015 $0.7015 +0.01% -2.30% +$0.7033 +$0.6990
Dollar/Dollar
Dollar/Norway 8.5930 8.5970 -0.03% +0.08% +8.6090 +8.5530
Euro/Norway 10.0553 10.0623 -0.07% -3.93% +10.0870 +10.0250
Dollar/Sweden 8.6860 8.6462 +0.27% +5.97% +8.7020 +8.6294
Euro/Sweden 10.1649 10.1380 +0.27% +0.88% +10.1785 +10.1165
(Reporting by Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss in New York and Ritvik Carvalho in London; Additional reporting by
Kevin Buckland in Tokyo; Editing by Kirsten Donovan, Steve Orlofsky and Nick Macfie)
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