• US Durable Goods Orders rose 0.8% MoM in March, a tad under the expected 1.0% gain. 
• FX markets did not reaction, with the DXY remaining close to mutli-month highs near 102.00. 

US Durable Goods Orders rose 0.8% MoM in March, data released by the US Census Bureau on Tuesday showed. That was a tad under median expectations for a 1.0% MoM gain but nonetheless marked an improvement versus February's 1.7% MoM decline, which had been revised slightly higher from a 2.1% decline.

Core Durable Goods Orders saw a larger than expected MoM gain of 1.1% versus median forecasts for a 0.6% reading, a decent improvement after February's 0.5% decline, which had been revised a little higher from a 0.6% decline. 

Market Reaction

There was no reaction to the latest Durable Goods Orders figures, with the DXY still trading just under the 102.00 and, thus, still at multi-month highs.