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The US Dollar rose for a second consecutive week, buoyed by swelling Fed rate hike expectations. Italy stepped back from a budget row with Eurozone authorities in Brussels, downgrading fears that a fresh fissure within the currency bloc will spill out as broader market instability. That was interpreted as giving the US central bank more room for stimulus withdrawal. Fed Chair Jerome Powell poured fuel on the fire, saying rates may need to rise beyond the “neutral” level.
This led to a sharp steepening of the 2019 tightening path implied in Fed Funds futures, putting it at the most hawkish setting in two years by week-end. Two hikes look to be fully priced in at this Article source: https://www.dailyfx.com/forex/fundamental/forecast/weekly/usd/2018/10/05/US-Dollar-May-Extend-Rally-on-CPI-Churning-Market-Sentiment.html