EUR/USD struggles to extend recovery above 1.1550, Fed’s policy remains in focus

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The EUR/USD pair faces slight pressure near 1.1550 during the European trading session on Wednesday after a two-day recovery move. The major currency pair struggles as the US Dollar strives to regain ground ahead of the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) monetary policy announcement at 18:00 GMT.

EUR/USD faces pressure near 1.1550 as investors await the Fed’s monetary policy outcome.
The Fed and the ECB are unlikely to make any monetary policy adjustment.
Higher oil prices amid Iran-related conflicts have prompted inflation expectations globally.

As of writing, the US Dollar Index (DXY), which tracks the Greenback’s value against six major currencies, strives for a temporary support near 99.50 after correcting in the last two trading days.

US Dollar Price Today

The table below shows the percentage change of US Dollar (USD) against listed major currencies today. US Dollar was the strongest against the Swiss Franc.

	USD	EUR	GBP	JPY	CAD	AUD	NZD	CHF
USD		0.09%	-0.04%	-0.11%	0.08%	-0.10%	0.03%	0.25%
EUR	-0.09%		-0.12%	-0.16%	-0.02%	-0.20%	-0.09%	0.15%
GBP	0.04%	0.12%		-0.06%	0.11%	-0.06%	0.04%	0.26%
JPY	0.11%	0.16%	0.06%		0.17%	-0.01%	0.08%	0.30%
CAD	-0.08%	0.02%	-0.11%	-0.17%		-0.19%	-0.08%	0.15%
AUD	0.10%	0.20%	0.06%	0.00%	0.19%		0.11%	0.34%
NZD	-0.03%	0.09%	-0.04%	-0.08%	0.08%	-0.11%		0.22%
CHF	-0.25%	-0.15%	-0.26%	-0.30%	-0.15%	-0.34%	-0.22%

The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the US Dollar from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the Japanese Yen, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent USD (base)/JPY (quote).

In the policy meeting, the Fed is certain to leave interest rates unchanged in the current range of 3.50%-3.75%, according to the CME FedWatch tool. The Fed is expected to ignore any monetary policy adjustment as inflation expectations have accelerated globally amid higher oil prices due to the Iran conflicts.

As the Fed is widely anticipated to hold interest rates steady, the major trigger for the US Dollar’s outlook will be the Fed’s dot plot and Chairman Jerome Powell’s press conference.

The Fed’s dot plot, a tool that shows where policymakers collectively see the Federal Fund Rate heading in the near-to-longer term, will be closely tracked to get fresh cues on the US interest rate outlook.

Meanwhile, the Euro (EUR) trades broadly lower ahead of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) monetary policy announcement on Thursday. The ECB is also expected to leave interest rates unchanged as inflationary pressures in the Eurozone economy have remained broadly close to the 2% target for a longer period.

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ECB Rate On Deposit Facility

One of the European Central Bank's three key interest rates, the rate on the deposit facility, is the rate at which banks earn interest when they deposit funds with the ECB. It is announced by the European Central Bank at each of its eight scheduled annual meetings.