Fed’s Paulson: Job market has been bending not breaking

Dhwani Mehta FXStreet

Speaking ahead of the 2026 Allied Social Science Associations Annual Meeting on Saturday, Philadelphia Federal Reserve (Fed) President Anna Paulson noted that “job market has been bending not breaking.”

Additional quotes

Labor market tends to be a clearer signal than GDP data.
Possible asset liquidation could lead to strong growth and weak job creation.
Tariff price adjustments likely complete over next six months.
Baseline outlook for economy is pretty benign.
I expect to see inflation moderate and job market stabilize with GDP around 2%.
Sees labor market risks as elevated
Federal Reserve policy acting to reduce inflation.
State of job market has supported Fed easing campaign.
Tariffs are a key factor in keeping inflation above target.
Inflation likely returns to normal over next year.

Market reaction

The US Dollar Index (DXY) is holding modest gains near 98.50, at the time of writing.

US Dollar Price Today

The table below shows the percentage change of US Dollar (USD) against listed major currencies today. US Dollar was the strongest against the Australian Dollar.

	USD	EUR	GBP	JPY	CAD	AUD	NZD	CHF
USD		-0.03%	0.02%	-0.09%	0.03%	0.16%	0.10%	0.02%
EUR	0.03%		0.06%	-0.02%	0.07%	0.19%	0.14%	0.04%
GBP	-0.02%	-0.06%		0.00%	0.00%	0.14%	0.07%	-0.02%
JPY	0.09%	0.02%	0.00%		0.10%	0.23%	0.17%	0.07%
CAD	-0.03%	-0.07%	-0.01%	-0.10%		0.12%	0.06%	-0.03%
AUD	-0.16%	-0.19%	-0.14%	-0.23%	-0.12%		-0.06%	-0.17%
NZD	-0.10%	-0.14%	-0.07%	-0.17%	-0.06%	0.06%		-0.09%
CHF	-0.02%	-0.04%	0.02%	-0.07%	0.03%	0.17%	0.09%

The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the US Dollar from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the Japanese Yen, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent USD (base)/JPY (quote).

Author

Dhwani Mehta

FXStreet

Residing in Mumbai (India), Dhwani is a Senior Analyst and Manager of the Asian session at FXStreet. She has over 10 years of experience in analyzing and covering the global financial markets, with specialization in Forex and commodities markets.

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