On Thursday, the US dollar saw a correction, with risk-averse Asian currencies leading the gains. Following the Federal Reserve's decision to keep interest rates steady, investors are celebrating the anticipated peak in US interest rates. With interest rate forecasts still high, the focus is now on the Bank of England. Sterling increased 0.3% to $1.2180 and then steadied to 86.98 per euro.
Although Fed Chairman Jerome Powell promised not to overly tighten or loosen policy, he did leave opportunity for another rate hike, with the funds rate goal ceiling at a 22-year high of 5.5%. The markets took this to mean that a rate hike in December was no longer a possibility. Ten-year Treasury yields consequently
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