Forecasting the upcoming week: Focus shifts to US inflation and the Fed Minutes

The US Dollar (USD) gave away part of its previous gains and ended the week in the red, always amid increasing uncertainty surrounding the geopolitical landscape in the Middle East coupled with the equally vacillating message from the White House. The US Dollar (USD) gave away part of its previous gains and ended the week in the red… The US Dollar (USD) gave away part of its previous gains and ended the week in the red, always amid increasing uncertainty surrounding the geopolitical landscape in the Middle East coupled with the equally vacillating message from the White House. The US Dollar (USD) gave away part of its previous gains and ended the week in the red, always amid increasing uncertainty surrounding the geopolitical landscape in the Middle East coupled with the equally vacillating message from the White House. The US Dollar Index (DXY) seems to have embarked on a consolidative phase in the upper end of its recent range and close to yearly tops north of the psychological… For traders, releases like this can quickly shift rate expectations, currency direction, index futures and broad risk sentiment. Watch the next move in the dollar, front-end yields and index futures to see whether the market prices this release as a true surprise or only a passing headline.