USD and US fiscal policy off-the-rails – AmpGFX
|Greg Gibbs, Analyst at Amplifying Global FX Capital, suggests that the tepid recovery in the USD, in spite of higher US yields and improving economic outlook, raises the question – is the market becoming spooked by the worsening US fiscal outlook.
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“Normally the market would not question the US Treasuries capacity to borrow. And it may be considered heretical to see the USD as other than a safe haven. However, this US fiscal expansion is especially risky, coming near the end of the business cycle, closer to a steepening demographic fiscal slope, and politics more partisan than ever. It is hard to imagine how Congress could cope with even a minor economic or financial crisis.”
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