EUR/PLN: NBP acts against zloty appreciation, 4.65 level in sight – Nordea
|Economists at Nordea see the risk picture clearly skewed towards a higher EUR/PLN as the global outlook remains uncertain but expect the zloty to strengthen in the long-term. Furthermore, the unexpected NBP rate cut could indicate that the central bank will counteract any PLN strengthening, per Nordea.
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“The zloty has been underpinned by global equity markets rallying and the dollar weakening. The correlations between these two variables and EUR/PLN, respectively, have not been as strong since mid-2018 – a pattern we expect to continue in the short-run. These factors have thus been more important for the PLN than the NBP's surprising decision to slash rates by 50 bp to the (new) effective lower bound of 0.10%.”
“The rate cut was delivered without a scheduled meeting, in contrast to MPC comments and right after a rapid PLN strengthening. By weakening the zloty, both inflation and exports should be underpinned, ie the official rate cut explanation of a faster recovery and disinflation worries were not false per se, but it still implies that the NBP has put a de facto floor under EUR/PLN.”
“We expect EUR/PLN to test levels up to 4.65 in the short-term. In the second half of the year, we expect a mild PLN appreciation, as the market volatility may ease.”
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