Commonwealth Bank of AustraliaASX: CBA

USD strength delayed, not derailed

· Issued by Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Summary by 6ix AI

Commonwealth Bank of Australia says it still expects the US dollar to increase solidly over the next two to three quarters, because it expects the US Federal Reserve to raise the funds rate by more than market participants are pricing in.

Key details

  • According to Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the US dollar traded in a modest 4% range in recent months.
  • It says bouts of US dollar strength came as market participants priced in several 25 basis point interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve. A basis point is one hundredth of a percentage point.
  • It says a recent string of soft US economic data, and particularly the Japanese yen intervention, weighed on the dollar.

What’s still pending

  • The expected US dollar rise is a forecast that depends on the Federal Reserve raising the funds rate by more than market participants are pricing in.

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The US dollar traded in a modest 4% range in recent months. Bouts of USD strength have been driven by market participants pricing several 25 basis point interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve.

But the recent string of soft US economic data and particularly the Japanese yen intervention weighed on the dollar.

We still expect the USD to increase solidly over the next two to three quarters because we expect the Federal Reserve to increase the funds rate by more than is priced by market participants.

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