During today's Asian trading, the US dollar consolidated against major currencies in this holiday trading.
The ICE index, which tracks the dynamics of the dollar against six currencies (euro, swiss franc, yen, canadian dollar, pound sterling and swedish krona), fell by 0.05%.
However, experts note that the tightening of monetary policy in the United States will certainly lead to an increase in the dollar, and the currencies of emerging markets are the most vulnerable. But given that investors have already put two or three rate hikes in the value of USD, its growth may be moderate, and in the second half of the year the US currency may even decline.
During today's session, investors' attention will be focused on the publication of business activity indices in the manufacturing sector of the eurozone and the United States. It is expected that in December, the eurozone manufacturing index fell to 58 from 58.4 in November, and the index for the United States fell to 57.8 from 58.3.