The spirit of “Fat Tuesday” spread beyond its Louisiana homeland to the US dollar market. It was a banner day for the US dollar, which shot upwards as hotter than expected inflation figures came in. The dollar’s positive day came on an equally rough one for Wall Street stocks, which were hit as expectations of Federal Reserve cuts shifted back again.
USD/EUR: the past year
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