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The U.S. Dollar is trading in tight ranges after losing ground throughout the week and ending the month of April at near the exact same overall value as start of March according to Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index. Full Article: https://okt.to/x2YZb5

The U.S. Dollar is trading in mostly weaker ranges all across the board, particularly down against the Japanese Yen after verbal support for the currency shown by finance officials ahead of possible action. Full Article: https://okt.to/ED0rUP

"The main thing is that announcement revealed that there are three people thinking that we should be hiking interest rates or should not have an easing bias ⁠and that we should be worried about inflation," said Juan G. Perez, senior director of trading at Monex USA to Reuters "Kevin Warsh seems a lot like Powell and is likely not going to be a dove. He's also not entering a Fed that is thinking of stimulus; they're actually thinking hawkishly. And then more importantly, in the global perspective, central banking has a lack of consensus, which is actually helping the U.S. dollar." Full Article: https://okt.to/TN6HLI

“As long as the climb above 160 is relatively slow, then Japanese authorities will likely try to hold out on intervention until we get closer to 162, which seems to be the new hard line for intervention,” said Andrew Hazlett, associate director of trading at Monex USA to Bloomberg, about the yen’s weakening against the dollar. “I think it is likely that we see rate checks or ‘verbal’ intervention as we approach 162 and then actual buying of yen once that is crossed” Full Article: https://okt.to/AKy97U

The U.S. Dollar is trading in mostly familiar ranges ahead of the Federal Reserve’s decision announcement later today at 2PM. Not much has changed in a globe on edge over energy after the United Arab Emirates were reportedly leaving the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) after being a member since 1967. Full Article: https://okt.to/0xuUGP

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The U.S. Dollar is trading in mostly favorable ranges, a change from the start of the week as renewed doubts over technology and large investments into A.I. have taken hold of equity markets. Full Article: https://okt.to/71Qn8v

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The U.S. Dollar is trading in weaker ranges across the board to start a week characterized by central bank action and end-of-the-month data points. Full Article: https://okt.to/wSlNxg

The U.S. Dollar is down against the majority of G10 peers this morning on optimism surrounding a second round of discussions between the U.S. and Iran. Full Article: https://okt.to/5MwPxX