USD

Exclusive USD - on the defensive
As we have argued before, the USD’s position as the dominant invoicing currency around the world should offer it some protection from wobbles in the US Treasury market.

Exclusive USD/JPY - respite
There is a lot of common ground between Japan’s MoF and the US Treasury.

Exclusive USD - debt
If the pressure on global bonds continues, it could be a test of the USDs safe haven status.

Exclusive USD - oil prices and the Fed
The US’s energy exporter status likely helped renew the USD’s safe haven credentials at the start of the Iran war

Exclusive USD/JPY - whose problem?
FX markets were dominated at the start of the week by the news of the concerted intervention by the Japanese and US governments to soften USD/JPY.

Exclusive USD - is the rally over?
The USD is the worst performing G10 currency on a 5-day view, with the DXY dollar index having lost around 2% since its late July levels.
