The phrase
"dollar weakness" refers to the situation when the value of the U.S. dollar decreases in relation to other currencies. It means that the dollar has become less valuable, and you would need more dollars to buy the same amount of goods or services.
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The potential adjustments might include
further dollar weakness, higher interest rates, or a shortfall in gross domestic investment.
Despite our expectation
for dollar weakness, technical and sentiment indicators suggest the potential for a near term dollar rebound.
Probably one of the surprises in the coming year will be
fresh dollar weakness combined with falling commodity prices (i.e. global commodity prices falling faster than the value of the dollar itself).
BEIJING — China's foreign exchange reserves rose slightly in March as broad
U.S. dollar weakness continued and escalating trade tensions between the world's two largest economies bolstered expectations of a firmer Chinese currency.
Following Christmas and New Year holidays we have seen a new bout
of dollar weakness across the board which may not be over yet based on recent price developments.
The Dynamic Hedging programmes performed as expected, and low hedge ratios in line with
US dollar weakness allowed US investors to keep currency gains in the underlying assets.
An improving US economy, falling unemployment and the prospect of more
Australian dollar weakness had us thinking that its suburban office buildings were going to further increase in value.
Sterling's rally over the last year has been driven
by dollar weakness, Thanos Vamvakidis, global head of G10 FX strategy at BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research, said.
To the extent that
dollar weakness reflects disproportionate improvement abroad, it undercuts claims that US policy is the reason for recent strong performance since Donald Trump is not president of the whole world.
This is important, because I've noted for a long time that
sudden dollar weakness would probably be among the first signs of oncoming economic weakness, especially if accompanied (at the same time or shortly thereafter) by widening credit spreads.
The spotlight is now on the US NFP report as a strong read could renew Fed rate hike hopes while a downbeat figure could mean
more dollar weakness versus bitcoin.
With dollar weakness complicating the investment case for U.S. fixed income assets, flows to U.S. Bond Funds were close to neutral going into March as investors pulled back from all the major groups except Emerging Markets Hard Currency Bond Funds...
The move reflected
dollar weakness caused by a less hawkish than expected Fed statement following its widely anticipated decision to leave policy on hold.
With the market apparently far more concerned with perception than reality when it comes to the Fed, any tendency toward higher inflation figures or
substantial dollar weakness is likely to make investors fret that the Fed might not be able to «ease» as aggressively as it otherwise would.
I'm struggling to ascertain if POUND strength is indicative of
overall DOLLAR weakness as the market is searching for all alternatives.
Meanwhile, in precious metals, the Market Climate continues to be favorable, particularly with the specter of
accelerated dollar weakness, but given that many of these stocks have become fairly overbought already, I clipped our precious metals position lightly toward 20 % of assets in Strategic Total Return.
However, it was not clear if the stock market's positive reaction was in response to the Kudlow news or the CPI data and
resulting dollar weakness.
Further
dollar weakness seems likely and would be welcomed by markets that see this as an easing of global liquidity conditions and supportive of risk assets.
Several factors we believe
make dollar weakness a high probability outcome over the next few years, of which three stand out:
Dollar weakness came in play towards the end of the previous week as risk - taking stayed supported while weak NFP data dampened tightening hopes.
Gold performed as expected during the quarter, serving as a safe haven and delivering positive returns, while the price of oil surged more than 5 percent on
U.S. dollar weakness and news that OPEC and Russia could be cooperating to limit output for a long period.
The first few months of the year, through to the second half of April, were a period of unilateral
Australian dollar weakness (Graph 28).
Sterling's rally over the last year has been driven
by dollar weakness, Thanos Vamvakidis, global head of G10 FX strategy at BofA Merrill Lynch...
On the other hand, the nascent recovery appears mostly a reflection
of dollar weakness — not EM strength.
Were pretty much back to where we were at the beginning of the year, so a lot of
the dollar weakness has been pretty much wiped out, said Sireen Harajli, foreign exchange strategist at Mizuho in New York.
«We're pretty much back to where we were at the beginning of the year, so a lot of
the dollar weakness has been pretty much wiped out,» said Sireen Harajli, foreign exchange strategist at Mizuho in New York.
While gold is often considered an inflation hedge, Julius Baer said in a note, the fact that price pressures were being driven by confidence about growth rather than
dollar weakness and rising oil prices meant it was failing to react positively.
Dollar weakness, which continued into early January after its biggest annual drop since 2003, had helped to lift assets priced in the U.S. currency, with gold last week registering a fourth straight weekly gain for the first time since April.
The balance of the appreciation reflects forces other than U.S. -
dollar weakness and commodity prices.
Global reflation, combined with U.S. -
dollar weakness, created investor complacency that ideal liquidity conditions would continue indefinitely.
Commodities are a mixed bag, with gold trading near $ 1350 again, benefiting from
the Dollar weakness despite the slight risk - on shift, while oil pulling back thanks to the relief regarding the Syrian situation.
The U.S.
dollar weakness, which we expect could continue, is a positive.
Contributing to metals» gains was U.S.
dollar weakness.
(5) US
Dollar weakness and Canadian Dollar strength in H2 2004 and 2005.
«A lot of that has to do with an upward outlook on the European economy and also
the dollar weakness,» which is due to subdued expectations of fiscal stimulus and tax reform.
The transition to non-mining is also facilitated through the Australian
dollar weakness.
Perhaps that's no big deal, but it reflects US
dollar weakness.
2017 was a lackluster year for Forex trading activity, particularly in light of
dollar weakness and uncertainty relating to the Trump administration's economic agenda.
U.S.
dollar weakness has added to commodity price gains, but we see other factors driving prices from here.
Since many nations want to be net exporters, US
Dollar weakness is responded to through debasement, or purchase of US Dollar assets.
Dollar weakness and US inflation (should we see any) would also not be a risk.