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Dollar dips, Aussie gains as China sparks global growth hopes By Reuters

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February 20, 2024
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By Karen Brettell

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar weakened on Tuesday and the Australian currency gained after China cut interest rates in a bid to prop up its struggling property market, boosting hopes of additional stimulus that would boost global growth.

The yen gained, meanwhile, but stayed below the 150 level as investors focus on whether renewed weakness in the Japanese currency is likely to prompt intervention by the Bank of Japan and Ministry of Finance.

China cut the five-year loan prime rate (LPR) by 25 basis points, which was the largest since the reference rate was introduced in 2019 and far more than analysts had expected.

“The thinking is if China hits the gas pedal then global growth will pick up. Then you start to see dollar selling and money going into emerging markets on the back of that,” said Adam Button, chief currency analyst at ForexLive in Toronto.

The Australian dollar, which is seen as a proxy for global growth, rose 0.25% to $0.65575, after earlier reaching $0.65790, the highest since Feb. 2.

Investors are also brushing off higher than expected U.S. consumer and producer price inflation data for January released last week as likely being impacted by seasonal adjustments and not indicating renewed price pressures. That will leave the Federal Reserve on track to begin cutting interest rates in the coming months.

“There’s a lingering feeling that the CPI numbers were more of a seasonal adjustment story than a resurgence in inflation story,” Button said. “If central banks wait until inflation is dead and buried then we might end up in a situation where risk assets struggle and global growth is crippled.”

The was last down 0.33% at 103.96, and earlier reached 103.79, the lowest since Feb. 2. The euro rose 0.36% to $1.08180 and got as high as $1.08390, the highest since Feb. 2.

In the offshore market, the yuan strengthened as far as 7.1963 per dollar, the strongest since Feb. 7.

The greenback fell 0.22% to 149.77 Japanese yen, after earlier trading at 150.45.

The yen has lost 7% in value in 2024 alone, having weakened past the 150-level against the dollar on Feb. 13. In the past, traders have viewed 150 as a line in the sand for the Bank of Japan and the Ministry of Finance that could trigger intervention, as was the case in late 2022.

This time around, the move has been more gradual and volatility has been modest, which suggests little immediate nervousness from either Japanese authorities or currency traders.

Japanese finance minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Tuesday authorities were “closely watching FX moves with a high sense of urgency”, a phrase he has used previously, and stated the yen exchange rate was set by a number of factors.

Sterling gained after Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Tuesday he was comfortable with investors betting on interest rate cuts this year but pointed to signs that Britain’s economy was picking up after falling into recession in late 2023.

It was last up 0.48% at $1.26560, the highest since Feb. 13.

In cryptocurrencies, bitcoin slipped 0.8% to $51,495.



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