Author: Patrick Mullane

Dollar loses ground follow soft US inflation print and more tariff threats

The euro rose to close to $1.15 to the dollar yesterday and broke through that level overnight after yet more tariff threats from Donald Trump, and is up about a cent from where it was yesterday morning. The greenback lost ground to all major currencies following weaker than expected US inflation data for May which […]

Card spending in May up 6.5% on the year

This morning’s Bank of Ireland credit/debit card data shows consumer spending still growing at a robust 6.5% pace in May, to €3.9bn, still well above the 2% rate of CPI inflation and exhibiting no signs of faltering due to uncertainty related to US President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements. There was broad based growth across retail […]

Dollar support as US and China agree potential trade deal

The euro temporally lost a bit of ground yesterday, and for a time traded down below $1.14 to around $1.1375 but that was short lived and the single currency bounced back up through $1.14 and was closing in on $1.1450 before dipping back to that above $1.14 level again where it remains. The dollar is […]

Calm start to the week

A quiet opening day to the week, a rare enough event given uncertainty over the past few months, but with little market/political news or economic data to shift currencies, the euro held its own to the dollar, remaining around $1.1420 for much of the day, only briefly dipping towards $1.14 or getting above $1.1430. The […]

US employment gains help support dollar

Solid US non-farm payrolls for May saw the dollar gain slightly on the euro on Friday, the single currency dipping just below $1.14 at the end of last week, however the dollar is losing out as markets open this week and the euro has taken back some of its losses and is back up to […]

Euro gains a little as ECB cuts again

The ECB cut rates by another 25bps yesterday taking the deposit rate to 2%. This move was fully priced in by the market so there was no great surprise. There will likely be a pause in rate cuts now, for the July meeting at least, but the market is still pricing in one further cut […]

Weak US data see dollar lose ground again

The gains for the dollar on Tuesday proved short lived, again, as the greenback failed to hold on amid some weaker US data. ISM services slipped into contractionary territory (just at 49.9) last month while ADP private employment gains were weak, up only 37k in May. The dollar lost about a 1/2 cent to the […]

Euro hits a softer patch

The dollar and equities gained and the euro fell back as data showed the US labour market is holding up while in Europe, there was political uncertainty as the short lived Dutch Government fell. The single currency was up close to $1.1450 early yesterday, but eased back to around $1.1375 now after data showed US […]

Euro firmer as dollar softens

The euro was firmer against the dollar and sterling yesterday as the US currency continues to be on the backfoot amid uncertainty about US trade policy. The greenback had popped higher against the euro midweek last week getting to under $1.1250 for a short time but it been one way traffic since then, more or […]

Dollar rally proves short lived

The gains made by the dollar overnight on Wednesday proved short lived as an appeals court upheld President Trump’s tariffs (for now) and weak US data saw the greenback lose out yesterday. The dollar had gained to under $1.1250 overnight on Wednesday after a US trade court ruled most of President Trump’s tariffs were not […]