• NZD/USD continues to grind lower – Westpac

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22 August 2019

NZD/USD continues to grind lower – Westpac

Imre Speizer, an analyst at Westpac, sees the NZD/USD continues to grind lower, with 0.6350 their target for the week ahead.

  • “Longer term, we see scope for it to fall to the mid-0.62s.
  • The main negative factor is yield spreads, with the RBNZ’s new-found boldness and likelihood of another cut in November keeping spreads depressed.
  • But trade wars are taking a toll also, both via the sentiment channel as well as via export commodity prices. China is NZ’s largest buyer of dairy products, and we suspect the 9% fall in prices since May is partly related to China’s trade war-related slowdown.
  • The main risk to our bearish view is the Fed lowers its rate by more than the 75bp we expect this year (or signals such).”

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