USD/CHF EDGES LOWER BELOW 0.9000, US CPI DATA LOOMS
- USD/CHF loses momentum around 0.8995 in Thursday’s early European session.
- Fed’s Powell said the case for interest rate cuts is becoming stronger as inflation data showed some modest further progress.
- Political uncertainty in Europe and globally might boost the safe-haven flows, benefiting the CHF.
The USD/CHF pair trades with mild losses near 0.8995, snapping the three-day winning streak during the early European session on Thursday. The rising Federal Reserve (Fed) rate cut bets drag the pair lower. Traders await the US June Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation data on Thursday, which is expected to show an increase of 3.1% YoY in June.
The Fed Chair Jerome Powell's comments continue to undermine the Greenback as traders see the US central bank begin its rate-cutting cycle in September. Powell said in testimony Tuesday to Congress that the case for interest rate cuts is becoming stronger as the most recent inflation data showed some modest further progress. He further stated that "more good data" could open the door to interest rate cuts.
However, the softer CPI inflation data for June could fuel the expectation of September rate cuts, which might exert some selling pressure on the Greenback. Financial markets are now pricing in less than a 10% chance of a Fed July rate cut, while the expectation for a September cut stood at 73%, according to the CME FedWatch Tool.
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