DollarAgainst a basket of major currencies on Thursday (17th), investors were concerned regarding the potential impact of rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine on the global economy.Japanese YenandSwiss Franc once morestDollarrose to a two-week high.
Late New York, TrackDollarICE once morest six major currencies DollarThe index (DXY) was broadly flat at 95.8090.
Dollar once morestJapanese Yenslipped to 114.845 Japanese Yen，DollarAgainst the Swiss franc, it weakened to 0.9189 franc, both the lowest since early February.
“Safe-haven assets outperformed as geopolitical developments dampened hopes of a diplomatic deal to reverse military action,” said Joe Manimbo, an analyst at Western Union Business Banking.
Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists were reported to have exchanged fire in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, and U.S. President Joe Biden said that every indication before his eyes showed that Russia planned to invade Ukraine in a few days and was finding excuses to rationalize its actions.
Russia has accused the United States of fueling tensions and, in a strongly worded letter, accused Washington of ignoring Russia’s security needs and that Russia would implement some sort of military-technical measure.
Worries regarding a possible military attack by Russia sent U.S. stocks sharply lower, while U.S. Treasuries rose.
The Russian-Ukrainian conflict has temporarily replaced the Federal Reserve (Fed), which will tighten monetary policy in March as soon as possible. At present, the market still has different views on the rate of interest rate hike by the Fed in March, but the more likely scenario is to raise interest rates by 25 basis points (1 code). ). The interest rate futures market had estimated the probability of a 2-point rate hike in March had fallen to 37% on Thursday from 70% following last week’s release of the consumer price index (CPI).
This means that even if the Fed turns hawks,Dollarremains the same. “We think this is mainly because other central banks have also turned hawkish, pushing up long-term bond yields in other developed markets, resulting in less relative yield movement,” said Jonathan Peterson, market economist at Capital Economics.
DollarThe index is up just 0.2% this year once morestJapanese YenIt fell 0.2% over the same period.but reflect interest rate expectations andDollar once morestJapanese YenThe closely linked U.S. 2-year yield has surged a total of 74 basis points this year.
Risk-sensitive commodity currencies slipped,AUD once morestDollarslipped 0.1% to 0.7188 Dollar，DollarIt was up 0.4% once morest the Norwegian crown at 8.915 crowns,Canadian Dollars once morestDollardepreciated by 0.1%.
GBPContinued to benefit from the Bank of England (BOE) rate hike expectations and appreciate.GBP once morestEURUp 0.35% to 0.8343 GBPearlier hit its highest since Feb. 3,GBP once morestDollarclimbed 0.25% to 1.3616 Dollar。
bitcoin40996 in late New York Dollardown 6.7%.
As of Friday (18th) at regarding 6:00 Taiwan time Price: