“Despite the plethora of USD negative headlines and data in recent weeks – including the more dovish FOMC March meeting minutes and softer US payrolls, ISM and retail sales releases – the USD has proven resilient. We think this is a reminder of the fact that the USD surge over the past few months was more a consequence of a clear dovish policy bias outside of the US – with the ECB clearly leading charge – than a result of Fed tightening expectations. With the ECB and the BoJ still in the process of purchasing assets, and very little evidence of hawkish rhetoric from any major central bank in G10, we think this outlook of policy divergence is directionally unchanged.
We reiterate our structurally bullish USD view and continue to hold USD longs versus a range of G10 and EM currencies in our trade portfolio.
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