American focus [E]

The dollar extends to strengthen its positions. Sales of emerging-market currencies and increasing tension with North Korea, which was a reason for yen falling and led international investors to seek the U.S. currency as save haven.

“The main event is that there's a continued mess in emerging market currencies; it's a violent sell off,” said Jens Nordvig, a currency strategist with Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York. “That seems to have generated some dollar support.”

Growth of deficit in the South Africa and New Zealand became major reasons of sales by foreign investors of these countries’ currencies.

The yen led declines in Asian currencies today as the North Korean remarks raised concern about intention to continue test intercontinental rocket, and sharp reaction of world community have caused anxiety about increased military tension in the region.

Additional reason of investors’ interest to U.S dollar is also that expectation, Fed will continue process of interest rates increase Federal Funds 25 years диаграмма, as recent data testify about inflation growth.

In this connection text of accompanying decision for Fed rates will represent the interest.

“One of the key upside risks is the Fed's message becomes even more hawkish, then we would see another bout of dollar appreciation,” - said Monica Fan, head of foreign exchange strategy in London at RBC Capital Markets.

Fed’s representatives declared, that current levels of U.S. basic inflation indexes (CPI core диаграмма) fell outside the limits of comprehensible values and signaled, they intend to continue rates gain to inflationary expectations restriction.

Now the market of futures considered on 100% probability of rate hike to 5.25% at FOMC minutes on June, 29. . The chances of another move to 5.5% in August estimate 80%. In the end of last month this probability was equaled to zero.

Main U.S. stock indexes opened with losses and now remain under pressure. Investors preferred to fix profit after yesterday's growth. All of 10 basic economic sectors have losses in recent time.