Despite several events in the US this week which would usually point to a stronger dollar – the highest US inflation print since the early 1980s, hawkish comments from both Chair Powell and Vice Chair Brainard, and a sharp rise in short-dated government bond yields relative to those in most other countries – the greenback fell this week. We think there are several possible explanations, including rising commodity prices, rotation out of the US tech sector, stretched long dollar positioning, and the fact that US money markets have already priced in a fairly aggressive rate path.
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