Fed’s Goolsbee: Do not understand arguments Fed should cut rates to make government debt cheaper

Source Fxstreet

Chicago Federal Reserve (Fed) President Austan Goolsbee said on Friday that he “does not understand arguments the Fed should cut rates to make government debt cheaper, mandate is on jobs and prices.”

He further noted that “following that there has been potential disruption, ambiguity that the Fed needs to resolve.”

Market reaction

At the time of writing, the US Dollar Index is up 0.14% at 97.70.

US Dollar PRICE Today

The table below shows the percentage change of US Dollar (USD) against listed major currencies today. US Dollar was the strongest against the Japanese Yen.

USD EUR GBP JPY CAD AUD NZD CHF
USD 0.06% 0.19% 0.38% 0.23% -0.08% 0.16% -0.03%
EUR -0.06% 0.12% 0.31% 0.19% -0.06% 0.08% -0.09%
GBP -0.19% -0.12% 0.24% 0.04% -0.16% 0.01% -0.24%
JPY -0.38% -0.31% -0.24% -0.14% -0.46% -0.25% -0.44%
CAD -0.23% -0.19% -0.04% 0.14% -0.26% -0.09% -0.27%
AUD 0.08% 0.06% 0.16% 0.46% 0.26% 0.29% -0.04%
NZD -0.16% -0.08% -0.01% 0.25% 0.09% -0.29% -0.23%
CHF 0.03% 0.09% 0.24% 0.44% 0.27% 0.04% 0.23%

The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the US Dollar from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the Japanese Yen, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent USD (base)/JPY (quote).

Disclaimer: For information purposes only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
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