The completion of US-China trade deal phase one was well received by investors. There was an additional bonus of scrapping the label of China as currency manipulator by the US Treasury. The is no time frame for the phase two negotiations yet. But the US is already working with EU and Japan to push WTO changes regarding subsidies and forced technology transfers. The USMCA passed the Senate, and is now waiting for Canada's ratification. Situation regarding trade tensions seems to be moving in the right direction. In the currency markets, Swiss Franc ended as the strongest one, as US put Switzerland back in currency manipulator monitoring list. Political uncertainty in Russia also triggered some safe haven flow. The greenback followed as the second strongest. Late rally in Dollar index adds to the case of near term bullish reversal. Yen was the weakest one on risk appetite in stocks markets. Sterling was second weakest on increasing bet on BoE rate cuts. |
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