{"id":47578,"date":"2026-06-15T19:19:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T11:19:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.phillipnova.com.sg\/?post_type=market_trends&p=47578"},"modified":"2026-06-15T19:49:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T11:49:06","slug":"return-of-inflation-why-the-greenback-is-tracing-a-path-to-116","status":"publish","type":"market_trends","link":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.phillipnova.com.sg\/market_trends\/return-of-inflation-why-the-greenback-is-tracing-a-path-to-116\/","title":{"rendered":"Return of Inflation: Why the Greenback is Tracing a Path to 116"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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By Eric Lee, Sales Director, Phillip Nova<\/span><\/p>\n

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The release of the blockbuster May 2026 U.S. Jobs Report<\/strong> on June 5, 2026, delivered a profound shock to global financial markets. Paired with a hot headline consumer price index (CPI) hovering around 3.8%, the narrative of incoming Federal Reserve interest rate cuts has been decisively broken.<\/p>\n

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Instead, the market is suddenly pricing a ~70% probability of a Fed rate hike<\/strong> before the end of the year. As the newly appointed Fed Chair Kevin Warsh prepares for his first formal FOMC policy meeting on 16\u201317 June, the macro conditions are aligning for a powerful structural breakout in the U.S. Dollar Index (DXY).<\/p>\n

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1) The Macro Catalyst: A “1970s” Inflation Parallel<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Source: yardeni.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The macro environment is drawing strong comparisons to the stagflationary era of the 1970s. As illustrated in the consumer price index comparison chart, the red line (the 2020s cycle) is tracing a path highly reminiscent of the sharp upward trajectory seen in the 1970s blue line.<\/p>\n

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With non-farm payrolls exploding at 172,000 jobs<\/strong> (more than double the 80,000\u201385,000 consensus) and wages rising 3.4% year-over-year, domestic labor resilience is threatening to trigger a secondary wage-price spiral. Capital flows are shifting rapidly as the reality of “higher-for-even-longer” interest rates settles in, sucking liquidity out of emerging markets and high-multiple tech back into the dollar.<\/p>\n

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2) Technical Analysis: The Multi-Year Price Channel<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Source: symbolik.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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On the weekly chart, the U.S. Dollar Index continues to trade within a beautifully defined, ascending Price Channel<\/strong> that stretches back over a decade.<\/p>\n