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Daily Market Update

July 07, 2025

EUR/USD ranged from the low to high 1.17’s overnight. The dollar firmed against other major currencies on Monday, after remarks from U.S. officials offered little clarity on the outlook for tariffs, days ahead of a crucial deadline.

Most U.S. trade partners face the prospect of steeper duties at the end of the 90-day moratorium on U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” reciprocal tariffs on Wednesday..

Trump clarified on Sunday that the new rates would take effect from August 1.

He said he will name some dozen countries later on Monday that are receiving letters with their new, higher levies, and he threatened an additional 10% tariff on nations aligning with the “anti-American” policies of the BRICS emerging economies.

“It still feels like this administration is trying to find ways to avoid going all out on fresh tariff positions. We have people talking a (lot) about it, but talking and doing are two entirely different things,” said Chris Beauchamp, chief market analyst at IG.

“They (the United States) saw what happened with the volatility in April, and I don’t think they want to wish that again.”

Options data reflected that currency markets were pricing in a limited resurgence in volatility ahead of the tariff deadline on expectations that there could be further extensions on the deadline.

The dollar inched up 0.2% to 0.7972 Swiss franc on Monday, near the January 2015 low it revisited in the previous week.

The euro slipped 0.5% to $1.1726 having rallied over 13% so far this year. The dollar reversed an earlier decline and rose 0.54% to touch a one-week high at 145.38 yen .

Investors are concerned that Tokyo and Brussels might not be able to secure deals with Washington ahead of the deadline as progress on agreements with Japan and the European Union has been slow, despite multiple rounds of negotiations.

The dollar index , which measures the currency against six major counterparts, rose 0.41% to 97.363 and briefly hit a one-week high.

The index extended gains from last week when data reflecting labour market resilience pushed back expectations for imminent monetary policy easing by the Federal Reserve.

Still, the index is close to a 3-1/2-year trough and has declined 10% so far this year as investors questioned the safe-haven status of the U.S. currency and reassessed earlier expectations that the U.S. could be spared in the event of a global economic slowdown.

On Monday, sterling weakened 0.26% to $1.36, but stayed near its strongest level since October 2021. The U.S. dollar also gained about 0.4% against the Canadian dollar .

Currencies positively correlated to risk appetite, such as the Aussie dollar and the New Zealand dollar lost 0.7% and 1%, respectively ahead of monetary policy decisions in both countries in the coming two days.

The Reserve Bank of Australia is widely expected to cut the cash rate by another quarter point on Tuesday, while New Zealand’s central bank is predicted to hold rates steady on Wednesday.

U.S. policy uncertainty weighing on the dollar “may not be as potent as in early April, but we think this correlation still matters,” Paul Mackel, global head of FX research at HSBC said.

Source: Reuters



Source: Reuters

 

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