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FX Market Update

Wed, Oct 15 2008, 16:36 GMT
by Danske Research Team

Danske Bank A/S


Today we are launching our new weekly publication, FX Market Update, which provides a handy overview of the currency market. For each of nine currency pairs, key information is shown including our short-term financial models, option implied distributions and volatility data.

Highlights of this week's FX Market Update:

  • • Over the past month, the fall in equities, the lower oil price and a narrowing of relative interest rates have been vital in driving the short-term financial model prediction of EUR/USD lower. This week's turnaround in equity markets and decline in oil prices have raised the fair-value estimate for EUR/USD from 1.28 to 1.31. 

  • • The largest deviations from our short-term financial models are AUD/USD and NZD/USD, which are both trading well above the fair value estimates. The models indicate fair values around 0.67 and 0.57 respectively, primarily driven by the poor performance of equities over the past month. 

  • • Following the proposal of measures by governments around the world to address the financial crisis, implied volatilities have come down for all currency pairs in recent days, although implied volatilities for all pairs except USD/JPY and EUR/USD are still trading above the levels seen last week. 

  • • Since last week, EUR/USD risk reversals have turned less negative, reflecting the stabilisation of the spot level around 1.36.


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