«With the euro under pressure from the southern contagion, the markets are firmly in «risk - off» and dumping European assets,» said Andrew Busch,
global currency strategist at Bank of Montreal.
Global Currency Strategist Hans Redeker notes that bearish positioning in the futures market shows the most extreme negative view of the dollar since April 2009.
Not exact matches
As Camilla Sutton,
currency strategist with Scotiabank, has pointed out though, it's still important for Canada to keep a watchful eye on the Fed's next steps due to our reliance on both the American economy, and
global growth in general.
«Warsh is believed to be on the more hawkish side,» said Thierry Albert Wizman,
global interest rates and
currencies strategist at Macquarie.
«The
currency war is intensifying: the number of participants is rising, fresh policy tools are being used to fight, and the scale of influence on the wider foreign exchange market is increasing,» wrote HSBC
strategists, led by David Bloom, in a research note on Tuesday which ranks
global currencies» appetites for war.
«Their social security system is clearly bloated, and they've got a heavy - duty bureaucracy that needs to be cut,» says BMO Capital Markets's
global foreign -
currency and public - policy
strategist Andrew Busch.
«The history of
currency pegs is that they are susceptible to changes in economic fundamentals that warrant a completely different level in the exchange rate,» said Neil MacKinnon,
global macro
strategist at VTB Capital.
Walter Kemmsies, managing director, economist and chief
strategist at JLL Ports Airports and
Global Infrastructure, notes that that many of the job losses that are popularly blamed on NAFTA would likely have taken place even in the absence of NAFTA, in part because of growing competition from China - based manufacturers, many of which have taken advantage of
currency manipulation by the Chinese government that has rendered China - made products more price - competitive in the U.S. Likewise, Mauro Guillen, head of Wharton's Lauder Institute, agrees that without NAFTA, many American jobs that were lost over this period would probably have gone to China or elsewhere.
Even net of any
currency effects European markets have been a bit disappointing in the last year or so,» said Kevin Gardiner,
global investment
strategist at Rothschild Wealth Management.
At Deutsche Bank AG,
currency strategist Alan Ruskin said the manufacturing figures should «play against fears of a more precipitous
global slowdown,» although he noted the readings in many economies were below where they were three months ago.
The bank's chief
currency strategist Richard Grace made the forecast changes to reflect a slightly quicker - than - expected slowing in the
global economy over the first quarter.
BlackRock Inc's (BLK.N)
global chief investment
strategist on Tuesday suggested that loose monetary policy may have aided speculation in digital
currencies like bitcoin, but he said the risk to the broader financial system appears limited.
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Global Bond
Strategist; Toby Johnston,
Global Bond
Strategist; George Christou,
Currency Strategist; Campe Goodman, CFA, Fixed Income Portfolio Manager
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