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Volatility assumptions look too low.

Resilience in the US has bolstered hopes for a soft landing that leaves financial markets and the real economy relatively undamaged. Global interest rate trajectories have converged, and long-term yields have dropped in line with signs of slowing inflation. The People’s Bank of China has kept a tight leash on the renminbi, while the Bank of Japan’s intervention threat has capped losses in the yen. A slowdown in the euro area has restrained the common currency’s gains against the dollar. Except for Treasury futures—which have been roiled by shifting views on inflation, underlying growth, fiscal funding gaps, and changing Fed...

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Dawn is breaking.

We see the Australian dollar edging higher over the next few quarters. This stems from our assessment that the US dollar should gradually lose ground, as growth differentials move against the US following a period of exceptionalism, as tighter conditions crimp activity, and Chinese stimulus measures gain traction, spilling over positively elsewhere. At the same time, on the back of our assessment that the Reserve Bank of Australia may be slower to move and/or deliver less interest rate relief than its peers elsewhere, short-dated yield differentials are expected to shift in support of the Australian dollar. According to our projections,...

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A slow and steady recovery.

While nominal interest rate differentials may favour the US dollar for some time, we believe this renminbi headwind has topped out. Diverging growth trends should continue to assert themselves as a currency tailwind. In a world economy where recession risks ought to endure for many major economies, a sturdier China should encourage renminbi-positive capital inflows. Our baseline view is that the renminbi gradually strengthens over 2024. When combined with a softening US dollar, we see the exchange rate edging down to 7.05 by mid-2024 before moving sub-7.00 later in the year. China credit impulse and activity, annual % change

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The rebound should gather pace.

While yield spreads in absolute terms look set to remain skewed against the yen for some time, we believe the bulk of the adjustment has played out. The balance of probabilities is tilted toward differentials narrowing and the yen recovering further. As other central banks, such as the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, and Bank of England, contemplate a policy easing cycle, the Bank of Japan appears set to embark on a normalisation path. Modest tweaks, such as the formal ending of yield curve control, may well see markets discount larger steps further out. We are projecting the yen to...

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Gains may prove difficult to sustain.

A gradual recovery in consumer spending is unlikely to fully offset other structural impediments to growth in the euro area. The energy shock unleashed by the Russia-Ukraine war has rendered many heavy manufacturing industries non-viable, and an easing in demand from China will weigh on the export sector for years to come. The lagging impact of this year’s monetary tightening efforts might hollow out activity among the region’s once-thriving middle market businesses. And the bloc’s overall fiscal stance is projected to turn contractionary as Next Generation EU grants fail to compensate for the expiration of remaining pandemic- and energy-related measures....

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