“There’s a sense that the market is holding its breath in anticipation of Trump’s Iran decision later today, with him giving the usual reality show treatment to the announcement,” says John J Hardy, Saxo’s Head of Forex Strategy. 

Ahead of the decision (possibly to be made public via Twitter), “the dollar and the yen are holding their recent strength in what has been a considerable eurodollar sell-off,” he adds.

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