Dollar is set to close the week as the weakest major currency. While the greenback pared back much of the post FOMC losses, the recovery lost steam ahead of this week's highs. Dovish Chicago Fed President Charles Evans released a paper noting that "the biggest risk we face today is prematurely engineering restrictive monetary conditions… It therefore seems prudent to refrain from raising rates until we are highly certain that the economy has achieved a sustained period of strong growth and that inflation is on a clear trajectory to return to target”. He was one of two members recommending that tightening should begin in 2016.
Elsewhere, forex markets are relatively steady. Sterling is so far the second weakest major currency, followed by yen. Euro is indeed the strongest one this week as it turned into consolidations. Swiss franc also showed sign of reversal and it's generally higher except versus euro. In other markets, US indices lost steam over night and would likely face strong resistance from historical highs even if current recovery extends. Gold is hovering around 1170 for the moment. Crude oil is trying to turn into consolidation above 42.
On the data front, German PPI rose 0.1% mom, dropped -2.1% yoy in February worst than expectation of 0.2% mom, -1.9% yoy. Eurozone will release current account while UK will release public sector net borrowing in European session. Canadian data will be the main focus in US session with CPI and retail sales featured.