XE Market Analysis: Asia – Sep 02, 2020

The Dollar posted modest gains in N.Y. on Wednesday, adding to the overnight advance. The driver of the USD move higher was comments from ECB chief economist Lane, who added a small dose of “verbal intervention, saying that the rise of the EUR is not a target for the central bank per se, EUR-USD is of course an important factor for the ECB’s assessment of the inflation outlook. This saw EUR-USD moved further from Tuesday’s 1.2011 high, and bottoming in N.Y. at 1.1822. The comments helped the Dollar across the board.