NZD: Guided by the USD direction? - ANZ

Analysts at ANZ think that the biggest question for those who take an active interest in currency markets right now is the direction of the big dollar.

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“On top of signs of a peak in US growth and recent political troubles, the weekend saw a few more challenges to the bullish USD view, with the PBoC resuming its counter-cyclical factor when setting the yuan and the Fed’s Powell sounding a little more neutral.”

“We like being short NZD, but have our reservations about playing that against the greenback right here. Instead, we expect NZD underperformance against AUD.”