A foreign currency dealer counts US dollar notes at a currency market in Karachi on July 19, 2022.
While Fed Chair Jerome Powell left the door open to another hike in September, traders were unconvinced, sending the U.S. dollar broadly lower.
Sterling steadied at $1.2935, having eked out a slight gain against the dollar in the previous session.
A dovish pivot from the Fed will likely exert a downward pressure on the U.S. dollar in the medium term."
BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda was quoted as saying at a key government meeting on Wednesday that the central bank will maintain accommodative monetary conditions for companies.
Persons:
Jerome Powell, Sterling steadied, Emin Hajiyev, Nadia Gharbi, Kazuo Ueda, Jarrod Kerr
Organizations:
Federal Reserve, Fed, U.S, Insight Investment, ECB, Pictet Wealth Management, Bank, Australian, Reserve Bank of Australia, Communist Party
Locations:
Karachi, U.S