The US Debt Ceiling & the NZD

* The USD outlook is plagued with uncertainty as we head into negotiations over the US debt ceiling.

* The likelihood that nervousness and risk aversion begins to rise means the NZD is subject to near-term downside risk. This is concentrated more on NZD/JPY than NZD/USD

* Still, medium-term NZD/USD fundamentals remain supportive and we haven’t changed our year-end 0.8350 forecast

Read the full report: FX Research

 

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