The US Dollar Index (DXY), which tracks the Greenback against a basket of currencies, catches aggressive bids at the start of a new week and rallies to over a one-month top, around the 101.35-101.40 region during the early European session.
The latest leg of a sudden spike over the past hour or so followed the highly anticipated US-China joint statement on the first round of trade talks held over the weekend in Geneva, Switzerland.
The US will modify the application of the rate of duty on articles of China for an initial period of 90 days, and now only a 10% base rate will be applied. China will also suspend its tariffs on the US, marking the end of the tit-for-tat trade war between the world's two largest economies.
The positive development helps to ease market concerns about a recession in the US, which, along with the Federal Reserve's (Fed) hawkish pause, provides a strong boost to the US Dollar (USD).
The US central bank signaled last week that it is not leaning towards cutting interest rates anytime soon amid rising near-term inflation expectations on the back of US tariffs.
The outlook continues to push the US Treasury bond yields higher, with the benchmark 10-year yield hitting its highest level since April 14 and providing an additional boost to the Greenback. The safe-haven buck, meanwhile, seems rather unaffected by a fresh wave of global risk-on trade.
As investors digest positive trade-related developments, the market focus now shifts to the release of the latest US inflation figures – the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the Producer Price Index (PPI) on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively.
Apart from this, Fed Chair Jerome Powell's appearance on Thursday will be looked for more cues about the future rate-cut path. This, in turn, will influence the USD price dynamics and provide a fresh directional impetus to the index.
Source: FXStreet
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