Ian Stannard
Ian Stannard
Ian Stannardis an English track and road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team Team Sky...
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Investors do seem to be comfortable with the Koizumi agenda. The fact that there are ever clearer signs that he is going to be returned is going to provide the yen with support.
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The message from officials is that the impact from Katrina will be limited.
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If the minutes are in a similar tone to that of the FOMC statement, then the dollar should stay supported rather than gain significantly.
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The euro is under pressure already today and this is adding to its problems.
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The Fed will be pausing after raising rates in May. Sterling is going to hold up reasonably well in the near term.
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Gains in commodities provided a positive backdrop for the Canadian dollar.
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The market is now looking for some further rate hikes in the U.S. and that is going to keep the dollar supported in the near-term.
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During that (November) period the U.S. assets market was performing quite strongly. But I think in the coming months we are going to see some softness in that data as well.
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The backdrop for the dollar is negative. G-7 comments were negative while the foreign reserves issue has come back into focus and is going to be a long term negative factor.
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I see euro/dollar testing the $1.1870 low in the next couple of weeks as there is no easy solution to this.
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The minutes are a very important event today, with any adjustment suggesting that the peak in rates is close, as we believe it is, seen putting the dollar under further pressure.
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As well as hints from Asian authorities that they are going to diversify, we now have the U.S. acknowledging it. It's going to put the dollar under a bit of pressure.
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There is quite a lot of news coming out of Japan, which I think is putting the yen under some weakness.
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The reform mandate is probably not going to be as strong as it would have been under an outright victory by Merkel.