The US dollar is stable

The US dollar maintains its position against the basket of currencies amid mixed data on the US.

• Orders for durable goods in March rose by 2.6%, which is below the February growth of 3.5%.
• Orders for basic durable goods rose in March by 0.0%, against the growth of the previous month at 0.9%.
• In turn, the number of applications for unemployment benefits amounted to 209 thousand, which is lower than the previous value of 233 thousand.

The US dollar index continues to move in flat, above the level of 91.00. Against this background, the chances of further growth of the index to the level of 92.00 remain.

Fig. Graph of the US dollar index. The current price is DXY -91.21.

Alexander Sivtsov