Quote from m22au:
Large gains by the US Dollar after 10am ET do smell of intervention, but I find that hard to believe given the current policy of "low rates for a considerable period".
Despite the gains by the US Dollar, bonds haven't sold off.
Anyone care to share their thoughts?
Quote from m22au:
msfe: large gains by the US Dollar since 10am ET ...
I ignored the obvious - that European central banks and/or the Fed would intervene on the BOJ's behalf. I find that strange - on one hand the Fed is looking to engineer a weak US Dollar yet on the other it helps out the BOJ by selling Yen.
Quote from laziz314159:
"Lord, make me chaste, but not yet" --St. Augustine
The US may want a weaker dollar, but it's not in any sovereign's best interest for the dollar to fall off a cliff. It's been 'managed down' for a long time now.
Trying to stave off Soros' 'reflexivity' is funny, in an existential sense. Hard to get a weaker dollar without impeding foreign capital inflows-- that kind of thing can get out of hand quickly.
regards,
laz