EUR/USD: Guided by the central banks – Danske Bank

Vladimir Miklashevsky, senior economist at Danske Bank, notes that the EUR/USD rose when ECB failed to satisfy a dovish priced market two weeks ago as ECB needs a weaker EUR and Draghi could try to right the market, when he opens the annual Sintra conference today, or more likely tomorrow morning in his introductory remarks.

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“At this stage we do not think words will be able to move EUR/USD – the market is looking for actions. On this regard, the FOMC meeting Wednesday will be the more important monetary policy event for EUR/USD this week as we look for Fed to prepare the market for a July cut. In turn this should pave the way for EUR/USD to move to 1.15 in 3M and outperform FX forwards.”