{"id":2039,"date":"2025-12-01T06:31:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T06:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianforexhub.com\/?p=2039"},"modified":"2025-12-01T06:38:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T06:38:00","slug":"usd-under-close-watch-as-markets-focus-on-fed-rate-outlook-potential-powell-successor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianforexhub.com\/id\/usd-under-close-watch-as-markets-focus-on-fed-rate-outlook-potential-powell-successor\/","title":{"rendered":"USD Under Close Watch as Markets Focus on Fed Rate Outlook & Potential Powell Successor"},"content":{"rendered":"

The US dollar opened lower at the start of December as market participants positioned cautiously ahead of next week\u2019s FOMC meeting and growing speculation around who might replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At 9:50 a.m. in Asia, the US Dollar Index (DXY)<\/strong> traded at 99.372<\/strong>, down 0.11%<\/strong> from the session open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week\u2019s brief outage at CME Group \u2014 the world\u2019s largest derivatives exchange operator \u2014 temporarily disrupted trading across equities, bonds, commodities, and currencies. FX markets resumed normal activity on Monday, although overall moves remained subdued with traders awaiting key economic releases and events spread throughout the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fed rate expectations and leadership uncertainty pressure USD<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Markets currently price an 87% probability<\/strong> of a 25 bps Fed rate cut<\/strong> at next week\u2019s meeting, according to CME FedWatch. Aggressive repricing of easing expectations, combined with reports that White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett is a leading candidate to replace Powell, has weighed heavily on the dollar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The greenback posted its weakest weekly performance in four months<\/strong> on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Monitor DXY shifts and Fed expectations in real time.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said President Donald Trump is likely to announce his preferred candidate for Fed Chair before Christmas<\/strong>, further elevating market sensitivity around leadership signals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BoJ in focus as yen volatility persists<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Traders are also watching upcoming remarks from Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda<\/strong> for clues on whether the central bank may signal a late-month rate hike to contain yen weakness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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See how a December Fed cut could reshape USD trends.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • USD Index drops to 99.372, down 0.11%<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Markets price 87% chance of Fed rate cut next week<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Kevin Hassett emerges as potential Powell successor<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • USD posts weakest weekly performance in four months<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • BoJ Governor Ueda\u2019s comments now closely watched for yen direction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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    The US dollar weakens as markets focus on next week\u2019s FOMC meeting, rising expectations of a Fed rate cut, and speculation over Jerome Powell\u2019s successor.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2041,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,16,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-forex","category-market-news","category-news-analysis"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/asianforexhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/USD-Under-Close-Watch-as-Markets-Focus-on-Fed-Rate-Outlook-Potential-Powell-Successor-2.jpg",1760,1173,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/asianforexhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/USD-Under-Close-Watch-as-Markets-Focus-on-Fed-Rate-Outlook-Potential-Powell-Successor-2-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/asianforexhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/USD-Under-Close-Watch-as-Markets-Focus-on-Fed-Rate-Outlook-Potential-Powell-Successor-2-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/asianforexhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/USD-Under-Close-Watch-as-Markets-Focus-on-Fed-Rate-Outlook-Potential-Powell-Successor-2-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/asianforexhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/USD-Under-Close-Watch-as-Markets-Focus-on-Fed-Rate-Outlook-Potential-Powell-Successor-2-1024x682.jpg",800,533,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/asianforexhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/USD-Under-Close-Watch-as-Markets-Focus-on-Fed-Rate-Outlook-Potential-Powell-Successor-2-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/asianforexhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/USD-Under-Close-Watch-as-Markets-Focus-on-Fed-Rate-Outlook-Potential-Powell-Successor-2.jpg",1760,1173,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/asianforexhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/USD-Under-Close-Watch-as-Markets-Focus-on-Fed-Rate-Outlook-Potential-Powell-Successor-2.jpg",18,12,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Asian Forex Hub Newsdesk","author_link":"https:\/\/asianforexhub.com\/id\/author\/boyidzhamgmail-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The US dollar weakens as markets focus on next week\u2019s FOMC meeting, rising expectations of a Fed rate cut, and speculation over Jerome Powell\u2019s successor.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asianforexhub.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asianforexhub.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asianforexhub.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asianforexhub.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asianforexhub.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2039"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/asianforexhub.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2046,"href":"https:\/\/asianforexhub.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2039\/revisions\/2046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asianforexhub.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asianforexhub.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asianforexhub.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asianforexhub.com\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}