News: FOREX-U.S. dollar rises to two-week high as Fed taper view builds

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    • Slew of U.S. data this week ahead of next week's Fed meeting
    • Euro/dollar hits two-week low

    (Adds new analyst comment, FX table, previous LONDON)

    The dollar climbed to a two-week peak against a basket of major currencies on Monday, as investors continued to price in expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve could reduce its asset purchases sooner rather than later despite a surge in COVID-19 cases.

    The dollar index earlier rose to 92.887, its highest level since Aug. 27. It was last up 0.1% at 92.707. =USD

    A flurry of U.S. economic data is due out this week, starting with U.S. consumer price data on Tuesday, which will give a broad picture of the economy's progress ahead of the Fed meeting next week.

    The Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker became the latest official to say he wants the central bank to start tapering this year, saying in a Nikkei interview that he was keen to scale back asset purchases.

    "The dollar is off to a quick start to the week on expectations that U.S. data this week, while likely mixed, could cement the case for the Fed to taper stimulus next quarter," said Joe Manimbo, senior market analyst at Western Union Business Solutions in Washington.

    Manimbo added that stubbornly high inflation would add to tapering expectations. Tapering typically benefits the dollar as it means a step toward tightening monetary policy. It also means the Fed will be buying less debt assets, which suggests that there will be less dollars in circulation.

    The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that Fed officials will seek to make an agreement to begin paring bond purchases in November.

    Retail sales and productions figures also are slated for later this week. The euro was among the currencies to lose ground to the dollar, dipping to $1.1770, its lowest level in a little over two weeks, after the European Central Bank said last week it would start to trim its own emergency bond purchases. The euro was last down 0.1% at $1.1799 EUR=EBS .

    Against the yen, the dollar was little changed at 109.95 yen JPY=EBS . "A couple of dynamics favor the dollar," said Rodrigo Catril, senior currency strategist at National Australia Bank in Sydney.

    "Re-opening still faces challenges from the consumer, who is cautious, and from bottlenecks which restrict ability for the economy to rebound with some gusto. At the same time rising infections suggest we may still need to reintroduce restrictions of some sort. The other thing is that the Fed continues to signal that tapering is coming," Catril added.

    In the cryptocurrency market, bitcoin was down 3.1% at $44,567 BTC=BTSP .

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    	Currency bid prices at 10:05AM (1405 GMT) 
    
     Description	  RIC		 Last		   U.S. Close  Pct Change	 YTD Pct	   High Bid	Low Bid 
    											  Previous				   Change					
    											  Session											  
     Dollar index	  =USD	   92.6500		92.6300	 +0.03%		 2.966%		+92.8870	+92.6170 
     Euro/Dollar	   EUR=EBS	$1.1802		$1.1812	 -0.08%		 -3.40%		+$1.1814	+$1.1771 
     Dollar/Yen		JPY=EBS	109.9200	   109.9150	+0.01%		 +6.39%		+110.1550   +109.8600 
     Euro/Yen		  EURJPY=	129.72		 129.79	  -0.05%		 +2.21%		+129.8600   +129.5900 
     Dollar/Swiss	  CHF=EBS	0.9208		 0.9181	  +0.33%		 +4.11%		+0.9241	 +0.9182 
     Sterling/Dollar   GBP=D3	 $1.3838		$1.3831	 +0.07%		 +1.31%		+$1.3845	+$1.3797 
     Dollar/Canadian   CAD=D3	 1.2658		 1.2695	  -0.31%		 -0.62%		+1.2695	 +1.2649 
     Aussie/Dollar	 AUD=D3	 $0.7364		$0.7354	 +0.14%		 -4.27%		+$0.7374	+$0.7337 
     Euro/Swiss		EURCHF=	1.0866		 1.0839	  +0.25%		 +0.00%		+1.0880	 +1.0839 
     Euro/Sterling	 EURGBP=	0.8526		 0.8538	  -0.14%		 +0.00%		+0.8540	 +0.8511 
     NZ				NZD=D3	 $0.7113		$0.7127	 -0.19%		 -0.95%		+$0.7120	+$0.7098 
     Dollar/Dollar																					 
    
     Dollar/Norway	 NOK=D3	 8.6475		 8.6685	  -0.21%		 +0.74%		+8.6975	 +8.6300 
     Euro/Norway	   EURNOK=	10.2077		10.2290	 -0.21%		 -2.48%		+10.2455	+10.1720 
     Dollar/Sweden	 SEK=	   8.6222		 8.6310	  -0.11%		 +5.20%		+8.6591	 +8.6224 
     Euro/Sweden	   EURSEK=	10.1775		10.1890	 -0.11%		 +1.00%		+10.2024	+10.1740 
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    World FX rates	https://tmsnrt.rs/2RBWI5E 
    

    Long USD positions https://tmsnrt.rs/3liCbDf

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