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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Higher oil prices, and fears over Japanese stocks are affecting the dollar more than any other currency.
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Higher interest rates make it much more comfortable for Japanese investors to be holding dollars. The chances of rate increases in the U.S. continue to rise while in Japan the prospects are much less certain.
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Japanese officials make statements like that when we see very rapid movements in the foreign exchange markets because they are concerned such moves can build into stronger trends.
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The minutes confirmed the current pricing of rate hikes in the market.
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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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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 bottom line is that the door is more open for a rate hike and the market is convinced we will have another rate hike.
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No one can find a good reason to buy the euro at the moment. The only thing that could turn the tide is intervention, possibly accompanied by soft U.S. data.
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No one can find a good reason to buy the euro at the moment, ... The only thing that could turn the tide is intervention, possibly accompanied by soft U.S. data.
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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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Sentiment against the dollar is deep-rooted. Every time we have a pullback in euro/dollar new buyers emerge.
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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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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.