Market Analysis: The Dollar Shows Limited Reaction to the Fed Meeting Minutes
2026-08-20 01:57:32
According to CoinMeta, financial website fxstreet analyzed that since the Federal Reserve's meeting in July, market expectations for interest rate hikes have significantly declined. According to CME the Federal Reserve's monitoring tool, the current market expectation for a 25-basis-point interest rate hike in September is 34%, down from around 60% three weeks ago. At the same time, maintaining the interest rates unchanged has become the clear baseline scenario for the market. In this context, the key question for the dollar is: were the three opposing votes at the July meeting merely the hawkish stance of individual officials, or do they reflect a broader hawkish tendency within FOMC? If the meeting minutes show that some officials who voted to keep interest rates unchanged also believe that the Federal Reserve may soon need to further tighten monetary policy, then expectations for a September hike could heat up again. In such a case, U.S. Treasury yields and the dollar could both see support. However, the market reaction might still be limited. Meeting minutes are lagging, and data released since the meeting has changed the economic situation. Therefore, before the September meeting, investors may pay more attention to the upcoming U.S. economic data and Jackson Hole Symposium speech by Powell to re-evaluate the Federal Reserve's monetary policy prospects.
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Source:Jin10 Data
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