February and March are seasonally strong months for the Dollar – ING

The US Dollar managed to stay resilient on Thursday. February and March are seasonally strong months for the Dollar and 4.50% overnight deposit rates can keep the USD supported a little longer, according to economists at ING.

DXY looks like it can continue to press 105.00

“The Dollar is seasonally strong (February and March) and the bar to put money to work outside of 4.50% yielding overnight Dollar deposits is not particularly low.”

“Today should see the January core PCE deflator at a sticky 0.4% month-on-month. In other words, the US disinflation/bearish Dollar narrative will find little from today's data.”

“DXY looks like it can continue to press 105.00 and should USD/CNH trade back up to 7.00 on geopolitics, we could be looking at 105.60/106.00 on DXY.”

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