FX MARKET REPORT 21.01.2021
GBP/USD caught aggressive fresh bids for the third consecutive session on Thursday. The upbeat market mood undermined the safe-haven USD and remained supportive. Sustained move beyond the 1.3700-1.3710 area has set the stage for additional gains. EUR/USD regains upside traction above the 1.2100 mark. Risk appetite continues to favour the single currency. ECB’s interest rate decision due later in the session. EUR/USD reverses Wednesday’s pullback and improves above the 1.2100 barrier on the back of the renewed selling pressure hurting the greenback. The reflation trade is back to the markets and sustain the fresh improvement in the risk complex, particularly following Biden’s inauguration and his plans to boost fiscal spending by around $1.9 trillion. Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six other currencies, was down 0.2% at 90.297, declining for a third day since touching a near one-month high on Monday. USD/JPY was down 0.1% at 103.41, after the Bank of Japan kept monetary policy unchanged earlier Thursday while revising up its economic forecast for next fiscal year. Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, and traders are seeing the change in administration as increasing the chances of increased stimulus given the incoming president has already proposed a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief bill. The dollar started the year on a firmer footing as U.S. Treasury yields rose on the back of expected greater borrowing to fund additional stimulus.