US dollar index touching new monthly lows, pound sterling is reacting well to increase in market sentiment

Summary:

• Prices in DXY are currently driving down to new monthly lows.
• The British pound is responding to an overall increase in risk sentiment.
• The New Zealand Dollar is proving to be an apparent bet for a Chinese economic resurgence.

USD feeling the effect of the CPI inflation data release

The market is reflecting mixed signals for this currency pair. Prices in DXY are currently driving down to new monthly lows after posing a support rebound yesterday. Along the way, they are passing a significant area of confluent support. Sellers have struck. The daily candle for today will be crucial because it is presently forming a bearish engulfing pattern. And if that holds true, with price closing below those supports, then bearish continuation possibilities will still be possible. The daily bar close today will be crucial because, at this point, we're still feeling the effects of the CPI print, and how market players react today will reveal how they'll assimilate this new information.

As market investors altered their expectations for higher policy rates, as shown by increased sovereign debt yields in the euro area, euro assets remained volatile across the review period. Since then, rates have somewhat decreased as the economic implications of aggressive tightening start to accumulate and systemic risk originating in the UK has largely been isolated as a result of the Bank of England's retaliatory actions and UK government policy reversals.

✕ EUR/USD Price Chart

GBP supported by positive investor sentiment

The market is reflecting bearish signals for this currency pair. The British pound is responding to an overall increase in risk sentiment, so Thursday's moves will likely be influenced by how the global equity markets perform, which are now suffering losses after a series of occurrences midweek. After suffering significant losses the day before, market morale has since improved, and the value of the pound is rising at the start of the day. In sync with the upbeat investor sentiment evident in global equities markets on Monday, the pound rose. However, these gains were erased on Wednesday amid a wider market selloff focused on China and disruptions in the cryptocurrency area.

✕ EUR/GBP Price Chart

Chinese economic resurgence allows NZD to be an apparent bet

Markets are adjusting to the possibility that China won't abandon its zero-Covid policy until the spring, which will result in a change in fortunes for the New Zealand Dollar and other like "commodity currencies." Analysts caution that the recent enthusiasm seen over the previous ten days is unwarranted and that the Chinese economy's reopening is likely to be a gradual and rocky process. Nevertheless, the New Zealand Dollar is proving to be an apparent bet for a Chinese economic resurgence.

✕ GBP/NZD Price Chart

Sources: finance.yahoo.com, poundsterlinglive.com, dailyfx.com