The US Dollar Weakens, While Gold and Bitcoin Reach New Highs Ahead of NFP Report.
In a speech before the Senate Banking Committee yesterday, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell hinted that interest rates may soon fall, saying, "If the economy performs as expected, the Fed is cautious about easing loosen monetary policy in the near future", and he also added: "The Fed is waiting to be confident that inflation will stabilize at 2%. When we have that confidence it will be The right time to reduce interest rates to prevent the economy from falling into recession."
Previously, yesterday the ECB decided to keep interest rates unchanged as expected by the market. Speaking at the press conference after the meeting, ECB President Christine Lagarde also emphasized that interest rate cuts will happen soon in the future when more important macroeconomic data becomes available.