Kathy Lien
Kathy Lien
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At this point, the market is likely to consolidate and look to next week's trade balance and retail sales data to determine the direction of the pair for the near term.
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Dollar bulls have full control and are taking the data in stride.
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Trade data is a little better ... but I think the dollar rally should be limited as the prospects for the trade deficit still aren't very good.
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Euro/dollar longs and shorts are practically one-to-one right now, which indicates how indecisive the market is,
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We had an extremely bad current account deficit number this morning. Trade is going to be a very big focus this week. The huge number that we had for the fourth-quarter deficit brings it even more to the forefront because now we got clear structural deficiencies.
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We had an extremely bad current account deficit number this morning.
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Those comments, along with other factors, pushed the dollar lower.
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You have jawboning from European officials and a lack of concern from U.S. officials. So the market is really confused with what it wants to do with the euro,
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It's more the flushing out of dollar shorts.
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It's extremely bad and this is bearish for the U.S. dollar. This will definitely shift expectations more for a 4 percent Fed funds rate as the last hike we'll see as opposed to 4.25 percent.
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It's extremely bad and this is bearish for the U.S. dollar, ... This will definitely shift expectations more for a 4 percent Fed funds rate as the last hike we'll see as opposed to 4.25 percent.
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We're not that anxious in terms of punishing the dollar ahead of the meeting.
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We primarily see dollar strength because we're expecting one to two more rate hikes from the Fed. All that should be supportive.
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Despite the weak GDP report, fed funds expectations for a March rate hike actually ticked higher to about 76 percent because of the rise in the core PCE price index.