Dollar Gets the Go-Ahead

Dollar Gets the Go-Ahead 07/17/2003 14:44

The most powerful growth was registered on Tuesday

Yesterday, the American dollar experienced one of the most impressive rallies on the global money market against its major competitors. The speech from Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan was filled with optimism about the development of the American economy. In addition to it, the Bank of Canada unexpectedly cut its interest rates.

The most powerful growth was registered on Tuesday in USD/CAD (maximum C$1.3931) - it made up 1.5 percent. To analysts' surprise, the Bank of Canada reduced interest rates by 25 points - to three percent per annum. Therefore, the interest rates differential on Canadian and American assets was reduced, which was very good for the US dollar. "One may say, the Central Bank still expects the further growth at the end of 2003 - the beginning of 2004, if the data do not become very negative. This gives a reason to believe that the Bank of Canada will not be changing rates at the next meeting," one of the market members said.

However, the most important event of Tuesday was the speech from Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan. "Greenspan continued to argue that fundamentals - easier credit conditions, federal stimulus and highly accommodative monetary policy have laid the groundwork for recovery," said Maury Harris, chief US economist with UBS Investment Research.

Greenspan's speech was like a proof that interest rates, which are currently on the lowest level in recent 45 years, will not be cut anymore for a long period of time. "The dollar's strength is reflective that there is an underlying shift going on in the marketplace, where funds are moving out of bonds and into equities as investors tweak their expectations for economic growth," Greg Anderson, currency strategist at ABN Amro Bank in Chicago said.


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This was a set up. With Bush in Hot water GreenSpan was called into dashout the economic fire!!

Let's see if it works again.