NZD: Picked To Underperform Through USD Upswing

In light of the recent month’s price action, we reaffirm, indeed redouble, our conviction in the USD upswing. In that context, the downgrade to our already-bearish NZD/USD forecasts largely reflects the adjustment from the USD side of that equation (Table 1). We now see 0.70 for end-2015 (prev. 0.73) and 0.66 by end-2016 (prev. 0.68). We pencil in a base of 0.65 in mid-2017.

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