U.S. Dollar Pulls Back on Thursday After Hitting a 20-Year High

The United States Dollar pulled back slightly on Thursday after hitting a 20-year high on the back of rising interest rates and global demand for haven currencies.

The dollar index rose to 107.05 in the previous session, the highest in 20 years before pulling back to 106.57 at 11:07 am Nigerian time.

Against the Euro common currency, the U.S. Dollar gave back some of its gains on Thursday to trade at 1.0213, up from 1.0173 attained after dropping below 1.0350 support levels.

Similarly, the greenback pared gains against the British Pound to 1.2009 despite over 40 British lawmakers resigning their positions and calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Boris Johnson enmeshed in a series of scandals.

The value of the United States Dollar rose in recent weeks after it became clear that the Federal Reserve won’t be halting its rate increase anytime soon. The surge in demand for the United States Dollar was to avoid paying excessive borrowing costs going forward and also to ensure cash availability going into recession, known cash is king.

The Federal Reserve is expected to raise borrowing costs by another 50 basis points to 75 basis points in the month of July as it continues to battle 40 years high inflation rate of 8.6%.

This persistent increase in borrowing costs is expected to weigh on new job creation, new investment, earnings, and subsequently, drag on consumer spending that over the years has sustained the world’s largest economy.

Overseas orders will start waning American goods become more expensive to holders of foreign currencies. This, Investors King predicted would hurt manufacturing activity.