The US dollar is under pressure

The US dollar resumed its decline against the basket of currencies due to the publication of data on applications for unemployment benefits.

According to published data, the number of applications for unemployment benefits amounted to 245 thousand, exceeding the forecast of analysts at 241 thousand. The average value of the indicator for 4 weeks increased compared to the previous value to around 237.75 thousand, against the previous indicator at 236 thousand .

Based on this statistics, the US dollar index again approached the local minimum at 92.557.

Fig. Graph of the US dollar index. The current price of DXY is 92.593.

Alexander Sivtsov