USD Extends Gains

The greenback traded higher in the London session, starting the week where it left off from last Friday, extending its gains from the stronger than expected May non-farm payrolls report. The dollar pushed the euro to 1.3805 and the pound toward the 1.58-figure before relinquished some of its strength in New York trading. The major equity bourses traded lower, with the Dow Jones, Nasdaq and S&P500 down by around 1%, while both spot gold and crude oil drifted lower as well.There has been speculation that the recent data, particularly the May non-farm payrolls report, point toward a bottom in the economic downtown – prompting an advance in the dollar and declines in stocks amid inflationary concerns. The Fed’s current monetary policy remains highly stimulative and we believe it will remain so for the remainder of the year and into early 2010. Thus, we deem it to be premature for markets to begin pricing FOMC rate hikes.

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