Strong Return of Risk Appetite, Dollar Index Heading Back to 80? Dollar was broadly lower last week on return of risk appetite following some solid economic data from US and China. Non-farm payroll showed a solid 67k expansion in the private job market even though the headline number showed -54k contraction. Both figures were better than expectation of 40k and -105k respectively. In addition, ISM manufacturing index showed unexpected improvement in August to 56.3. Pending home sales also posted strong rise by 5.2% mom in July. The much weaker than expected drop in ISM services to 51.5 in August only helped limit selloff in yen and swissy, but did little to support the greenback. Full Report Here... |    |
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