Dollar Tracks Treasury Yields Lower
The US dollar index declined toward 101.5 on Friday, extending its losses for a third consecutive session as Treasury yields moved lower amid a global selloff in technology and artificial intelligence stocks that prompted investors to seek the relative safety of government bonds. The shift toward safer assets intensified following disappointing earnings reports from major technology companies, including Alphabet, Amazon and Intel, fueling concerns over the sustainability of massive AI expenditures. Meanwhile, US data released on Thursday showed that the PCE price index rose 0.5% in September, marking its largest monthly increase since March and strengthening expectations of a potential Federal Reserve rate hike later this year. Although the central bank kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, markets continue to price in roughly a 75% probability of a rate increase in December, according to the CME FedWatch Tool.
The US dollar index declined toward 101.5 on Friday, extending its losses for a third consecutive session as Treasury yields moved lower amid a global selloff in technology and artificial intelligence stocks that prompted investors to seek the relative safety of government bonds. The shift toward safer assets intensified following disappointing earnings reports from major technology companies, including Alphabet, Amazon and Intel, fueling concerns over the sustainability of massive AI expenditures.
Meanwhile, US data released on Thursday showed that the PCE price index rose 0.5% in September, marking its largest monthly increase since March and strengthening expectations of a potential Federal Reserve rate hike later this year. Although the central bank kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, markets continue to price in roughly a 75% probability of a rate increase in December, according to the CME FedWatch Tool.