EUR/NOK breached the 11.80 mark despite commodity prices rising over the past month, highlighting the importance of the global backdrop. Economists at Danske bank analyze the pair’s outlook.
We still think NOK first and foremost should be treated as a high beta derivative of the global investment environment and in an environment of weakening growth, tight global monetary conditions and a strong USD, the NOK very rarely performs.
Additionally, the recent rise in long-end yields significantly increases the risk of a hard landing for the global economy. In that light, we also lift the long end of the forecast profile, which entails that we no longer embed a stronger NOK in our 12M forecast horizon. We still think NOK is fundamentally undervalued but we do not see the trigger for a turnaround in the next 12M.
Forecast: 11.90 (1M), 12.10 (3M), 12.10 (6M), 12.00 (12M)