Friday, March 4, 2011

U.S. Dollar to Continue to Fall in Value

The U.S. dollar is likely to fall in the week ahead as investors continue to bet that interest rates in the euro zone will rise ahead of those in the world's largest economy.

U.S. February jobs data came in a touch better than expected on Friday but disappointed investors who had hoped for an even stronger report. For details see

Investors see strong U.S. jobs growth as necessary for the Federal Reserve to end its second round of quantitative easing and instead tighten monetary policy by raising rates.

The U.S. situation is in sharp contrast with that of the euro zone, where the zone's common currency is likely to remain supported after European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet strongly hinted at an interest rate rise in April, bolstering the view the ECB will tighten monetary policy before the Fed.

"We had Trichet warning Thursday that the ECB is considering a rate hike and perhaps the start of a rate hike cycle," said Joseph Trevisani, chief market analyst at FX Solutions in Saddle River, New Jersey. "The U.S. job number came in as expected and provided little direction to the market other than it did not disappoint and that will support risk appetite."




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1 comment:

Deondre Collins said...

I agree that the dollar is losing its value each day. It's only a matter of time before it collapse. The job market is as bad as ever at the moment making it a worse situation. When do they expect the interest rates in the euro zone rise?