EUR/USD is firming toward its July high as resilient Eurozone data and a steady ECB policy stance underpin the uptrend, while relative Fed dovishness continues to favor the euro, BBH FX analysts report, BBH FX analysts report.
Upward momentum is starting to build; the odds of Euro (EUR) breaking above 1.1790 are increasing, UOB Group's FX analysts Quek Ser Leang and Peter Chia note.
EUR/USD advanced over 0.21% on Monday as market participants shrugged off the downgrade to French’s sovereign credit rating, as political turmoil remains. Nevertheless, expectations of the first rate cut in nine months of the Federal Reserve, downward pressured the US Dollar.