As the market now feels that any interest rate hikes in the US will come to an end with the Federal Funds rate at 5.0 percent, the dollar is likely to remain exposed to downside risk.
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Related Unless the outcome contains a major negative surprise, the underlying firm tone of the dollar is exp... TAKASHI KUDO The market is losing reasons to buy the dollar. The end of an interest-rate-driven market may be dra... HIDENORI KATO The things that helped support the dollar over the last 18 months or so, such as the Fed interest ra... BRIAN ROSE The risk is for the ECB to accelerate the pace of interest- rate hikes. There seems to be very littl... CYRIL BEUZIT The Federal Reserve engages in a series of rate hikes at the tail end of an expansion when inflation... WAYNE ANGELL If the rate expectations continue to come down, Hong Kong, as an interest rate sensitive market will... EDDIE WONG Those who expect further rate hikes can note that the real Fed Funds rate has yet to reach at least ... ASHRAF LAIDI The market is closely watching if there are any other comments on the US economy or interest rate hi... 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KATHY LIEN It's extremely bad and this is bearish for the U.S. dollar, ... This will definitely shift expectati... KATHY LIEN Given broad expectations that the yuan will at least appreciate to 7.8 against the dollar by the yea... LIU JINGDE In addition, the market seems to have come to the conclusion that an end to the quantitative monetar... NORIAKI ICHIKAWA The interest-rate advantage with the U.S. will continue to narrow and that will weigh on the Austral... JARROD KERR The U.S. dollar is being held firm by short-term rate expectations and until there is some sign of v... ADAM MYERS The market's expecting that the interest rate cycle is close to an end and that's the major driver o... AGNES DENG The market is having second thoughts about the need for further Federal Reserve rate hikes following... MARC CHANDLER In an environment where the interest rate is expected to go down, the market will be positive. HARRIS DALIMUNTHE Another interest rate hike in March is a 'done deal' among market participants and a pause is likely... MASAMICHI KOIKE Many investors and funds continued selling... as the market lacks fresh good news. Interest-rate wor... CASTOR PANG The expectation is that, over time, interest checking and money market rates will continue to increa... RANDY ROSEN a pause in rate hikes is a more likely scenario rather than a rate cut. MICHAEL NIEMIRA When interest rates rise, the rate gap with the U.S. will narrow and that will provide pressure for ... JEFFREY TAN Olson's comments reaffirmed our views on the Fed's stance for further interest-rate hikes. The Fed's... MASAKI FUKUI Investors will be looking for clues for interest rate cuts. A U.K. rate cut is expected in February,... JAMES STEWART Congratulations, to the people which made gotham series, still need some more and extra work! DEYTH BANGER To have the cognitive abilities to do research and development is vital to a forever expanding world... GARY F EVANS... The first and foremost human right or fundamental right is the right to exist. APURVA GAGLANI If we ever put research into what the subconscious is we could probably come to the conclusion that ... GARY F EVANS... i know im not the girl you wanted. not the one you want to hear from. but what you see is what you g... SIMI GREWAL A strong number will keep alive speculation of more rate hikes. It should give some support to the d... ADRIAN FOSTER Under a cold turkey strategy, at each policy meeting the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) would ... BEN BERNANKE The market is shifting back to the view that the U.S. economy is picking up, and we may see further ... ANTJE PRAEFCKE An increase in domestic fuel prices will be inflationary and controls will have to come through rate... HASITHA PREMARATNE Alan Greenspan's rate hikes aren't just to hold down an economic boom. He's trying to bring investor... JAMES DINES Many of these countries are struggling to match rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, DAVID GILMORE The risk is that the deficit is rather worse than the market is looking for and if that's the case i... ADAM COLE The dollar's firm tone is supported by a shift in the market focus back to interest rate differentia... KOSUKE HANAO Don't you ever get the feeling that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it?... ERNEST HEMINGWAY Now is everything Now is the essence Now is the focus Focus on the now For that ... KAREN HACKEL Overseas investors appear to be on hold on concerns about further US interest rate hikes. HIDEO MIZUTANI I see more interest rate hikes and this will dampen domestic consumption. Also, the coming 50 percen... 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ED MCKELVEY I think we're going to see a rate increase at the end of March and another one at the end of May to ... EUGENIO ALEMAN This is not something that Fed officials want to see, and there may be a serious discussion within t... JEFF THREDGOLD People are looking at any interest rate sensitive components as a precursor of what's to come. DAVID MOZINA We won't see big moves today in anticipation of the FOMC statement. The risk is out there that the F... DAVID MANN The market is still expecting two more rate rises from the Federal Reserve, which will keep improvin... FUMIHIKO KAWANO A lot of the gains are due to the earnings story. I think the market can deal with one or two more i... BARRY HYMAN It looks increasingly like the Fed rate hike cycle is coming to an end, and that's been the focus. .... CHARMAINE BUSKAS The market is increasingly seeing a risk that the Fed pauses in its rate cycle -- not only that but ... ADAM COLE The yield curve has narrowed. 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