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By Anirban Nag
LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters) - The dollar gained against the yen
and euro on Wednesday, helped by a rise in U.S. yields, as
investors positioned themselves for a decision by the Federal
Reserve later in the day on whether it will start reducing its
monetary stimulus this month.
The euro shrugged off a German IFO survey that was in
line with expectations. Year-end repatriation flows and higher
money-market rates continued to lend it support before the Fed's
decision.
Euro/dollar overnight implied volatilities -- a gauge of how
sharp price swings can be -- shot up on Wednesday before a
possible move by the Fed. The overnight euro implied vols more
than doubled to 13.70 percent from around 5.5 percent on
Tuesday.
The euro was slightly lower at $1.3751. The dollar rose 0.2
percent against the yen to 102.90 yen. The dollar index was marginally higher at 80.079.
'The majority in the market are expecting the Fed to hold
off, but if they do go ahead and taper, then we will see a
knee-jerk reaction that will take the dollar higher,' said
Daragh Maher, a strategist at HSBC.
'We think that the Fed will try and introduce some kind of
forward guidance like lowering the unemployment threshold. So
any dollar rally will be limited. On the other hand, if the Fed
holds off we could see the euro rally against the dollar.'
The Fed will announce its policy decision at 1900 GMT.
Chairman Ben Bernanke will hold a news conference at 1930 GMT.
In recent days, the odds have improved that the Fed will start
tapering this week, keeping U.S. yields elevated and
broadly helping the dollar.
Most in the market expect the Fed will trim its monthly $85
billion bond-buying program by $10 billion-15 billion at most
whenever it eventually chooses to do so. Still, a no-taper
decision on Wednesday could dent the dollar, although it may
hold its own against the yen, which tends to weaken when risk
appetite rises.
'Considering that share markets fell after the end of QE1
and QE2, there's a chance we could see similar negative impact,'
said Shin Kadota, chief FX strategist at Barclays, referring to
the Fed's previous transitions from one asset-purchase phase to
the next.
Earlier, a Japanese trade-deficit report pulled the yen
down. Data released on Wednesday showed Japan posted a deficit
of 1.29 trillion yen ($12.56 billion) in November, marking a
record 17 straight months of deficits as a weak yen inflated the
cost of imported fuels.
(additional reporting Lisa Twaronite; Editing by Larry King)
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(Currency bid prices at 0941 GMT. All data taken from Reuters with percent change calculated from the daily U.S. close at 2130 GMT. Last US Close % Chg YTD % 2012 17 Dec. Close ----------------------------------------- Euro/dlr 1.3749 1.3766 -0.12 +4.21 1.3194 Dlr/yen 102.84 102.66 +0.18 +18.56 86.74 Euro/yen 141.39 141.32 +0.05 +23.54 114.45 Dlr/swiss 0.8877 0.8848 +0.33 -3.04 0.9155 Stg/dlr 1.6354 1.6261 +0.57 +0.63 1.6251 Dlr/cad 1.0612 1.0605 +0.07 +6.97 0.9921 Aus/dlr 0.8910 0.8892 +0.20 -14.27 1.0393 NZD/Dlr 0.8254 0.8267 -0.16 -0.35 0.8283 Euro/swiss 1.2208 1.2182 +0.21 +1.10 1.2075 Euro/stg 0.8407 0.8461 -0.64 +3.61 0.8114 Euro/sek 8.9808 9.0205 -0.44 +4.70 8.5777 Dlr/Nok 6.1013 6.1105 -0.15 +9.68 5.5630)
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