Economic calendar: election result and Fed decision are highlights of the week

This week's economic calendar is headlined by the outcome of an election and a Federal Reserve policy decision, according to Infomoney's weekly preview. Both events carry direct implications for the US dollar, which tends to strengthen when political outcomes raise expectations for fiscal expansion or when policy signals point to a higher-for-longer rate path, since either can widen expected yield differentials against major peers. The Fed decision is the more immediate transmission channel: any shift in the forward rate path, particularly in the tone of guidance on inflation and labor-market conditions, would reprice short-dated Treasury yields and feed through to dollar pairs such as EUR/USD and USD/JPY. Traders should watch the Fed's post-meeting statement and press conference for changes to the dot-plot language and the chair's remarks on the timing of rate cuts, as these will likely drive the dollar's direction more than the headline outcome itself.

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