YCS - The Greenback Is Firm Into Quarter-End

• The dollar is finishing the quarter on firm footing, gaining against most of the major currencies today.
• After another record close for the S&P 500, most markets in the Asia Pacific advanced, but Japan and Hong Kong.
• China's June PMI warns that the world's second-largest economy has lost some momentum but continues to expand.
• The UK took a last look at Q1 GDP and shaved it to show a 1.6% contraction instead of 1.5%.
• Today is the fifth consecutive session that the greenback is under pressure.

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