The US dollar continued to gain yesterday, as the chance of a 50-basis point interest rate cut in a month’s time receded. The gain was more than 1% against sterling but was also significant against the Australian dollar too.
This afternoon we’ll get Non-Farm Payrolls, which is often a game-changing data point on the first Friday of a month.
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