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Rate hike expectations is taking serious beating after retail sales disappointed last night and in fact surprised to the downside.
Traders now expect, FED is unlikely to hike not only this year but till March next year. As shown in the figure, implied FED fund rate for December has now fallen to 0.17% as of yesterday and for March it has fallen to 0.25%. With serious roll back in expectation Dollar has taken a large hit against almost all currencies. Chart courtesy Bloomberg.
Pound has now on the verge of breaking above 1.55 area, Euro tested 1.15 today. Yen is the top performer today trading at 118.3 against Dollar.
Commodity currencies have fared much better altogether. New Zealand Dollar is now up close to 600 points. Canadian Dollar has broken below key resistance of 1.29 against Dollar (USD/CAD) looking to gain further.
Further weakness in Dollar is very much possible, given year long extreme one sided bets. Focus is on inflation data today, to be released at 12:30 GMT.
