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Will poor US data undermine the US dollar?

By Ricky Bean March 30th, 2015

The key question that everyone wants an answer to is when will the US start raising interest rates? Trouble is there seems no clear timetable as US economic data is wavering.

This week we have key employment data due out on Thursday and Friday and important manufacturing data out on Wednesday. Expectations are for these to have fallen, not disastrously but enough to make forecasting the timing of an increase even more difficult.