© Reuters. Investing.com - The U.S. greenback was hovering close to one-month highs on Wedn
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Investing.com – The U.S. greenback was hovering close to one-month highs on Wednesday as buyers appeared for information on commerce developments and awaited testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell later within the day.
In a extremely anticipated speech on Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump mentioned a commerce take care of China was “shut” however gave no new particulars on when or the place an settlement can be signed, disappointing buyers who had hoped for extra readability on the progress of negotiations.
Trump additionally rattled some buyers by threatening China with much more tariffs if they don’t signal a deal and reprised well-worn criticism of the U.S. central financial institution for failing to chop rates of interest deeply sufficient.
Washington and Beijing have imposed tariffs on one another’s items in a dispute which has roiled world monetary markets and raised the danger of recession for some economies as world commerce slows.
Market watchers have been turning their consideration to testimony from Fed head Jerome Powell earlier than a congressional committee at 1600 GMT.
The primary public hearings in Trump’s impeachment inquiry additionally start an hour earlier at 1500 GMT.
The was a contact larger at 98.24 by 03:55 AM ET (08:55 GMT), after reaching a one month excessive of 98.30 in a single day.
Towards the Japanese the greenback was at 109.12, not far…