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The dollar managed to rally against most of its major peers last week, aside from sterling that has benefitted from the UK’s rapid vaccination progress. Attention this week now turns to Thursday’s ECB meeting.

President-elect Biden announced plans for a massive US stimulus programme on Thursday, although the dollar fell after dovish comments from Fed chair Powell.

The dollar edged higher against its peers as investors await details of President-elect Joe Biden’s long-awaited US fiscal stimulus plans.

Sterling jumped against its major peers on Tuesday as Bank of England governor Bailey talked down the need for negative interest rates in the UK.

Last week’s chaotic scenes in Washington failed to trigger much reaction in financial markets. Investors are instead focusing on the latest COVID numbers and progress towards mass vaccinations.

One of the main talking points among the countries of the G3 currencies has been the divergence in new virus caseloads that we’ve witnessed between the US and Europe. Read on to find out what to expect from US dollar, Euro and Sterling this year.

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The US dollar languished around multi-year lows on Thursday following the runoff Senate elections in Georgia and yesterday’s chaos on Capitol Hill.

Sterling gave up much of its gains on Monday as the UK was plunged into fresh national lockdowns in an attempt to rein in spiralling rates of virus infection.

The dollar continued to lose ground versus its peers last week following a dovish message from the Federal Reserve. Sterling also sold-off sharply during Asian trading amid news of a new virus strain in the UK.