EOS/USD Exchange rate

AUD/USD is keeping its recovery mode intact near 0.6400 after Australia’s monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 5.2% in the year to August 2023, as expected. Investors assess the inflation data ahead of next week's RBA policy meeting. 

EUR/USD is holding lower ground near 1.0550, sitting at fresh six-month lows in the Asian session on Wednesday. The US Dollar remains firm, benefiting from risk aversion, maintaining the downward pressure on the pair. 

Gold price is trading close to the five-week lows of $1,899 set on Tuesday, as the United States Dollar (USD) bulls take a breather amid a minor correction in the US Treasury bond yields from sixteen-year highs.

Litecoin price was showing some signs of recovery about two weeks ago, but it failed to sustain the bullish momentum, resulting in minor corrections. While broader market cues are to be blamed for this, a lot of the credit goes to the whales, too, whose disappointing performance has impacted the altcoin.

A potential U.S. government shutdown that could start October 1st looms, the chances of which are more or less seen as a coin flip at this point. Should a shutdown transpire, there could be a negative impact of the U.S dollar, albeit one that is likely to be modest and short-lived.