XE Market Analysis: North America – Feb 20, 2019

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The Dollar has put in a mixed performance, eking out a three-session high versus the Yen while posting losses against the Yuan and other Asian currencies — a five-year low in the case of the Thai Baht — and the Euro. EUR-USD posted a two-week high at 1.1358. The high was a reflection of dollar weakness after Fed’s Williams said he was comfortable with the pause in interest rates, and that the balance sheet roll-off would continue at least into next year at an unaltered pace, and not by the end of this year as markets have been speculating. As for the Euro, concerns about U.S.