The dollar is looking choppy this morning against both the euro and the dollar. A series of flash PMI data will be released for the US today, ahead of GDP data on Friday.
The greenback rose to a five week high against a basket of currencies yesterday, after President Trump and US lawmakers reached a two-year deal lifting government borrowing limits to cover spending.
There have also been more reports that US-China trade talks will resume next week, with Steven Mnuchin due to travel to Beijing on Monday. Despite this, White House officials are now suggesting that it may take months for China to agree to make any deal legally binding, despite the US saying that they will roll back tariffs if they agree to this.
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