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Week Ahead: High Volatility, Buy USD Dips, Limited GBP downside
Credit Agricole CIB
Risk sentiment improved this week, irrespective of weaker Chinese trade data keeping fears over the need of a further CNY depreciation intact. Considering this week’s FOMC meeting minute’s and Fed members’ more cautious rhetoric, a large part of this week’s improvement can be attributed to decreased Fed rate expectations. This explains too why the greenback failed to appreciate this week.
Looking ahead, we believe that global growth uncertainty is likely to keep cross market volatilities high. This, however, does not exclude further improving sentiment, especially considering that the focus will increasingly shift to the G20 meeting at the end of February.
Although it cannot be excluded that the USD faces more downside risk in the shortterm. We believe dips should be bought. This is especially true as further falling Fed rate expectations would imply policy easing. This appears unlikely unless incoming data weakens considerably.
Commodity currencies performed well by the end of the week. When it comes to the NOK and CAD it will remain about oil price developments to drive these currencies, especially as respective central bank rate expectations have been stabilising. Should the greenback become more supported anew, this is likely to prevent oil prices from correcting considerably higher.
What we’re watching
USD – Next week’s PCE data will be key. Only a considerably weaker than expected outcome may lower rate expectations further.
GBP – Growth data should become a more important currency driver anew. Hence next week’s GDP data will be closely watched. We see limited GBP downside risk from the current levels.
JPY – It remains to be seen if weaker inflation data will drive the JPY lower. This is due to increased uncertainty about the BoJ’s policy stance being efficient in bringing inflation back to target.
简单翻译:
下周展望:波动性高,逢低买进美元,英镑下行风险有限
本周风险情绪改善,无视中国疲软的贸易数据,这也引发了人民币进一步贬值的担忧。回过头来看,美联储会议纪要、以及美联储官员更加谨慎的言论,风险情绪的改善大部分归因于美联储加息预期的降温。这样同样解释了美元本周为何没有走高的原因。
展望下周,全球经济增长的不确定性,可能仍然令市场维持高波动性。当然,不排除市场风险情绪的进一步改善,尤其是市场焦点逐渐转向2月底召开的G20财长和央行行长会议。
目前来看美元短期内仍然存在下行风险,但是我们建议应该逢低买进,尤其是在市场预期美联储升息预期进一步降温可能暗示政策出现宽松迹象。但我们认为上述预期不可能出现,除非经济数据极度疲软。
在本周的后段时间,商品货币表现良好,而挪威克朗和加元则依然受到油价走势驱动,尤其是在各自的央行利率预期稳定的环境下。如果美元重新获得市场青睐,那么这将阻止油价反弹。
我们的观点
美元:下周重磅数据是消费支出物价指数(PCE)。除非数据远不及市场预期,才有可能进一步降低美联储加息预期;
英镑:经济增长情况重新成为该货币的推动力,因此下周的GDP数据需要重点关注。我们预计英镑在当前的水平下,下行风险有限;
日元:市场需要关注疲软的通胀数据是否导致日元走低。这是缘于日本央行早前关于通胀回到目标水平的不确定性增加。 |
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