XE Market Analysis: North America – Aug 13, 2020

The dollar is down for a second day, with the narrow trade-weighted USD index printing a six-day low at 93.03 to fully unwind the gains seen in the wake of last Friday’s U.S. July jobs report. Market narratives have been attributing the dollar’s weakening bias to the perception that the Fed has strategically dropped its concern about inflation risk, which has driven real U.S. yields into negative territory.