USD Overview (14 December 2020)

Last Friday, USD strengthened against most major currencies except JPY.

The PPI m/m data released last Friday indicated a slight increase in the producer prices.

• PPI m/m (Actual: 0.1%, Forecast: 0.1%, Previous: 0.3%)
  
• Core PPI m/m (Actual: 0.1%, Forecast: 0.2%, Previous: 0.1%)
  

The Preliminary UoM Consumer Sentiment data (Actual: 81.4, Forecast: 76.1, Previous: 76.9 revised from 77.0) indicated an increase in consumer’s confidence of the economic conditions in the U.S..