
The dollar index (DXY00) today is up by +0.25%. The dollar is climbing on today’s news that the Nov Empire manufacturing general business conditions survey unexpectedly rose to a 1-year high. The dollar also has carryover support from last week when a parade of Fed presidents said they favored keeping interest rates steady, which reduced the chances of a Fed rate cut at next month’s FOMC meeting to 41% from 70% earlier this month.
The US Nov Empire manufacturing general business conditions survey unexpectedly rose +8.0 to a 1-year high of 18.7, stronger than expectations of a decline to 5.8.