28th August 2013
Dollar strengthens following strong US data
美强劲数据支撑美元
The dollar has advanced in forex trading markets today (August 28th), making gains against the majority of its peers.
美元在今天(8月28日)的外汇市场中走强,对其大多数交易货币对上涨。
This comes after data released yesterday showed that US consumer sentiment unexpectedly rose this month, while it was also revealed that house prices continued to increase in June.
美国昨天公布的数据显示美国8月消费者信心指数意外上涨,同时美国6月房屋价格持续增加,受此影响,美元上涨。
As a result, speculation has begun to mount once more that the Federal Reserve will begin to reduce its monetary stimulus at its next policy meeting in September.
因此,市场对于美联储可能会在9月的货币政策会议缩减资产购买计划的预期再一次上升。
Such a move would result in drastically different policies being undertaken by the US and Japanese central banks and this potential divergence has caused the yen to weaken against the greenback for the first time this week. The dollar was 0.45 per cent up at 97.47 yen as of 09:15 BST.
这样的移动可能使美国和日本央行采取不同的政策,这种潜在的分歧已经使得美元兑日元本周来第一次上涨。英国夏令时09:15,美元上涨0.45%,至97.47日元。
Sentiment among investors continues to be affected by the potential US-led military action in Syria. American vice-president Joe Biden said overnight that there is "no doubt" the Syrian government used chemical weapons in a suburb of Damascus last week.
以美国为首的国家可能对叙利亚采取军事行动,这使得投资者情绪也受到影响。美国副总统拜登昨夜表示,“毫无疑问”,叙利亚政策在上周对大马士革的行动中使用了化学武器。