Massive panic in the stock market could lead to an emergency Fed rate cut today. In any case, a Fed rate cut is expected next week at the regular FOMC meeting. This meanst that the U.S. dollar forex trading forecast is looking rather bleak. Without the economic fundamentals to hold it up, dollar weakness is expected to be a fact in currency trading. Bloomberg reports on the possibility of of an emergency Fed rate cut:
``There's talk, unsubstantiated, of a possible rate cut by
the Federal Reserve today, and that's why the dollar is pulling
back,'' said Neil Jones, head of hedge fund sales at Mizuho
Capital Markets in London. ``This talk is unsubstantiated, but
it's enough to move the market.''
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