Due to less safe-haven demand, the dollar has drifted lower. The Pound recovers from the scare the Boris Johnson’s health caused. Currencies of Commodity eye OPEC+ oil output.
The United States Federal Reserve has established a massive new lending program for small companies. Moreover, there are signs of a slowdown in infections of coronavirus, reducing safe-haven demand. Thus, on Friday, the dollar started to trade on shaky footing and was on course for a weekly loss.
Meanwhile, the markets breathed a sigh of relief. This was after Boris Johnson, the British Prime Minister, left intensive care following his hospitalization for COVID-19 symptoms. Thus, against the euro and the dollar, the pound pulled ahead.
Against the United States currency, currencies from oil-producing countries held onto their gains. Nevertheless, the outlook is remaining uncertain. This is because an agreement between Russia and Saudi Arabia for cutting oil supplies has failed to alleviate concern about a colossal oversupply.
This week’s risk sentiment has steadily improved. This is because of tentative signs that the pandemic is slowing in the hotspots of Europe and the United States. Nevertheless, some analysts are remaining cautious, because so little information is concerning the virus is available. Thus, many nations continue grappling with the enormous economic damage caused by the outbreak.
Dollar and Others
Junichi Ishikawa is a senior forex strategist at IG Securities in Tokyo. He said that the Federal Reserve took a lot of different measures. The result is a huge increase in the supply of the dollar.
He adds that the positive news regarding the virus is that it is reducing the kind of panicked repatriation into dollars that they saw earlier. Thus, the finishing result is a gradual weakening of the dollar.
The dollar, on course for 1.2% weekly decline, last stood at $1.0930 against the euro.
Against the Swiss franc, the dollar traded at 0.9660, down 1% for the week.
Trading is most probably subdued on the day because the financial markets in the United States, Britain, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Australia closed for the Good Friday holiday.
