Niels Christensen
Niels Christensen
Niels Anton Christensenwas a Danish-American inventor whose principal invention was the O-ring, the ubiquitous hydraulic seal...
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We have had disappointing data in the United States this week and in the euro zone we have had comforting news. If we get a weak GDP number no one would want to hold onto long dollar positions next week.
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The tone from the Bank of Canada has softened lately and upbeat data are needed to intensify rate hike expectations.
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The market will be watching the consumer prices report, as the minutes have made it clear the Fed is watching inflation. The economic data has been strong and supportive for the dollar.
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It's too early to conclude it's the end of the dollar rally. Data in the U.S. should continue to be healthy and we could see rate expectations moving higher, supporting the dollar.
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It got a boost from comments from Poole overnight so that brought euro/dollar down by half a big figure.
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People are reassessing the U.S. economic outlook because they had thought the recovery was jobless. People are beginning to price in the chance of a rate hike by August.
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People already have a more positive view of the European economy, so they are not that fussed. The market is a bit tired after all the dollar selling this week.
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Risk aversion is rising in the market and investors are nervous about what will happen when U.S. equities open.
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We do expect broad-based dollar weakness to resume when or shortly after the U.S. Federal Reserve begins to signal the end of the current tightening cycle.
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Given that the dollar was unable to really bounce on the back of lower than expected trade deficit yesterday, it seems a bit unlikely that even if the retail sales show nice gains that (it) will be able to really benefit from such data.
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Even though there was a reasonable GDP figure the market was unwilling to give the yen good support. There's a consensus building that the BOJ isn't going to move quickly and that means the good news for the economy isn't enough to boost the yen further.
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Monetary policy expectations were the driving forces on the FX markets in most of 2005 and while we expect structural problems to come back to haunt the dollar in 2006 we expect monetary policy expectations to lend support to the greenback early in the year.
dollar driving early expect forces haunt lend markets monetary policy problems structural support
Monetary policy expectations were the driving forces on the FX (foreign exchange) markets in most of 2005 and while we expect structural problems to come back to haunt the dollar in 2006 we expect monetary policy expectations to lend support to the greenback early in the year.
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A lot of investors want to hang on to short dollar positions. In the current environment, you don't want to fight the trend.