AUD/USD moves little post-US Retail Sales, focus remains on FOMC minutes By HareshMenghani AUDUSD RetailSales Fed Majors Currencies
Following a brief consolidation phase through the early part of the trading on Wednesday, the AUD/USD pair gained some positive traction and built on the overnight rebound from the 0.7100 mark. Easing fears about the risk of Russia invading Ukraine continued undermining the safe-havenThat said, rising bets for a 50 bps Fed rate hike in March acted as a tailwind for the buck, which further drew support from mostly upbeat US economic data.
recorded strong-than-expected growth of 3.8% in January. Excluding autos, core retail sales also surpassed estimates and climbed by 3.3% during the reported month.would adopt a more aggressive policy response to contain stubbornly high inflation. This was evident from elevated US Treasury bond yields, which helped limit the intraday USD losses. Traders, however, refrained from placing aggressive bets ahead of the FOMC meeting minutes, due later during the USD session.
Investors will look for fresh clues about the likely pace of the Fed's policy tightening cycle, which will play a key role in influencing the near-term USD price dynamics. Apart from this, the broader market risk sentiment would provide some impetus to
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