Dollar Tumbles, Euro Soars After Obamacare Repeal Dies; China Intervenes To Halt Rout

Bulletin headline summary from RanSquawk
The USD-index dropped to 10 month lows amid fading hopes of US reforms after Obamacare repeal effectively died last night. Soft CPI from the UK and NZ weigh on both currencies Looking ahead, highlights include BoE’s Carney and the API Crude report The Dollar Index sank to its lowest level since September, a fresh 10-month low, after two more Republican defections on Monday night doomed the proposed GOP healthcare plan in the Senate. And while Treasuries rose on concerns about inflationary pressures and the viability of the Trump stimulus agenda, S&P futures rebounded gingerly from session lows, and were up 0.01% after posting nominal declines earlier in kneejerk reaction to the Senate news.

This post was published at Zero Hedge on Jul 18, 2017.