DailyFX.com Chief Strategist
Antonio Sousa
Picks: Short EUR/USD
New York, August 12, 2008
DailyFX.com (www.dailyfx.com) Chief Strategist Antonio Sousa :
My picks: Short EUR/USD
Expertise: Fundamentals, Volatility and Sentiment
Average Time Frame of Trades: 1 day - 3 months
The U.S. dollar has been very strong over the past month and I expect this trend to continue going forward. To some extent, the U.S. dollar has been helped a significant shift of interest rate expectations in favor of rate hikes by the Fed. In fact, we expect the Fed to increase rates by 144 bps in the next 18 months. In addition, the U.S. runs a current account deficit of nearly 6% of the GDP and the recent sell off in commodities, particularly in oil, should alleviate some downward pressure in the U.S. economy. On the other hand, ECB’s Jean Claude Trichet has no bias going into the next meeting and he believes recent economic data points toward a weakening of real GDP growth. Looking ahead, I expect the EUR/USD to trade below 1.45 in 3 months and 1.40 in 6 months.
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