The euro rocketed higher throughout the day, but the move had little to do with European fundamentals and instead marked a shift in risk trends.
Lately, EUR/USD has been hit hard as risk aversion drives safe-haven assets like the US dollar and Treasuries higher. However, the 50bp cut by the Federal Reserve helped to boost risk appetite, leading the euro higher. While risk trends should remain the primary driver of the forex markets, European fundamentals and the potential for a rate cut by the European Central Bank next week could weigh on the euro. Indeed, German CPI fell to a 6-month low of 2.4 percent in October from 2.9 percent. Such a decline signals that price pressures throughout Europe are cooling as well, which should be confirmed upon release of the Euro-zone CPI estimate on Friday, raising the risks that the European Central Bank will cut rates when they meet next week.
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