The EUR/USD pair edges lower during the Asian session on Friday and moves away from a one-week high, around the 1.0615 region touched the previous day. The pair currently trades around the 1.0575 region, down less than 0.10% for the day, and is pressured by the emergence of some US Dollar (USD) buying, though lacks follow-through selling.
Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell said on Thursday that inflation was still too high and that monetary policy was not yet too tight, reaffirming expectations for one more rate hike by the end of this year. This, in turn, keeps the yield on the benchmark 10-year US government bond elevated near a 16-year peak touched the previous day – closer to the 5% psychological mark – and continues to underpin the USD. Apart from this, the risk-off mood turns out to be another factor that benefits the safe-haven buck and weighs on the EUR/USD pair.
The market sentiment remains fragile in the wake of growing concerns that the Israel-Hamas conflict could spill over into the broader Middle East region, especially after a Gaza hospital reportedly killed hundreds of Palestinians. Adding to this, growing worries about economic headwinds stemming from rapidly rising borrowing costs further temper investors' appetite for riskier assets. This is evident from a generally weaker tone surrounding the equity markets and drive flows towards traditional safe-haven assets, including the USD.
The markets, meanwhile, have been pricing out the possibility of any further rate hikes by the European Central Bank (ECB) in the wake of fears about a deeper economic downturn and stagflation risk. In fact, the ECB signalled in September that the hike, its 10th in a 14-month-long fight against inflation, was likely to be its last. Moreover, ECB policymakers expressed cautious optimism last week that inflation was on its way back to 2% even without more rate hikes. This suggests that the path of least resistance for the EUR/USD pair is to the downside.
There isn't any relevant market-moving economic data due for release on Friday, either from the Eurozone or the US. That said, speeches by influential FOMC members, along with the US bond yields and the broader risk sentiment, will drive the USD demand and provide some impetus to the EUR/USD pair. Nevertheless, spot prices remain on track to register modest weekly gains, though any meaningful upside still seems elusive.
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