Talking Points:
- U.S. Dollar Struggles Following FOMC March Rate-Hike
- GBP/USD Stages Larger Recovery as BoE Votes 8 to 1
- Emerging Market Currencies Continue to Gain Ground Against USD
- NZD/USD Fails to Test December Low (0.6862) Ahead of RBNZ Meeting
- S&P500 & DAX Press Fresh 2017 Highs; Nikkei Continues to Lag Behind
- Gold & Silver Prices Approach Key Inflection Points
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Join DailyFX Currency Strategists Michael Boutros, Paul Robinson and David Song for a roundtable discussion following the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) March meeting, with the U.S. dollar struggling to hold its ground even as the central bank raised the benchmark interest rate by 25bp to a fresh range of 0.75% to 1.00%. The fresh updates coming out of the central bank appears to have fallen short of market expectations as Fed officials continue to forecast a terminal fed funds rate of around 3.00%.
For the week ahead, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) holds its policy meeting, with the central bank widely anticipated to keep the official cash rate at the record-low of 1.75%. More of the same from Governor Graeme Wheeler and Co. may heighten the appeal of the New Zealand dollar should the central bank show a greater willingness to gradually move away from its easing-cycle.
Highlighted setups include DXY, GBP/USD, USD/JPY, NZD/USD, Nikkei 225, DAX, S&P500, GBP/JPY, AUD/JPY, Gold and Silver.
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--- Written by David Song, Currency Analyst
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