FX Wars: The Fed Awakens – Rabobak

By FXStreet FXStreet (Guatemala) – Analysts at Rabobank explained the key events ahead in good humour once again.

Key Quotes:

“Early tomorrow morning in Asia we will get to experience “FX Wars: The Fed Awakens”. (And Star Wars Episode VII is also out, apparently, for those who like that kind of thing instead. )

Of course, that’s the main act today, and such a main main act that it deserves discussion above rather than below here. But there are still some other things happening until we get to that key event.

For example, we’ve already had RBA Governor Stevens edging closer to a role in the FX Wars, though for the moment he is still one of those characters that you need to fill out an exciting battle scene, but who seem to be largely passive participants, rather than driving the action, like Wedge Antilles, for example. He’s clearly angling for a position on the periphery of the official poster for the next film by repeating clearly in public that the RBA “has room to ease policy further if needed”, and, more significantly, that there is “potential for further exchange rate adjustment”.

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