FXStreet (Edinburgh) – Allan von Mehren, Senior Analyst at Danske Bank, sees the Greek drama still being the main drag for the single currency, while he expects spot to grind lower.
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“The Greek end game will most certainly dominate FX markets this week”.
“In recent weeks we have seen that a widening in peripheral bond yield spreads to core has not been the EUR negative factor it used to be, which probably reflects that a Grexit is not regarded the disaster it could have been a few years ago due to the possibility of the ECB expanding its QE scheme and limiting contagion via the OMT programme”.
“While we maintain that a deal will be struck, there is clearly a risk of this not happening and in our view a Greek default would be a EUR negative as it would spur the pricing of the ECB expanding its bond buying”.
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