USD/CNY faces downside pressure in the next months – UOB
|The Chinese currency is expected to gather further buying interest in the medium term, according to Strategists at UOB Group’s Quarterly Global Outlook 3Q 2020.
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“Despite the renewed elevated political risk between the US and China, CNY is flat on the quarter (2Q) at about 7.09 /USD. While it is inevitable that US-China relationship would remain tense heading till into the US elections in November, the fact that both sides are still honoring the Phase 1 trade deal probably soothes nerves about the CNY. At the same time, the “world’s factory” is showing tentative signs that it has probably bottomed in the 1Q (-6.8%). Exports have stabilized to a modest growth (1.4% in May) while industrial production have flipped back to 4.4% y/y in May from an unprecedented 1.1% contraction in March. Manufacturing PMIs, both official and Caixin have both rebounded into expansionary territory above 50.”
“With the Chinese economy is on track for a firmer recovery in the 2H and assuming the US-China relations do not deteriorate beyond the current war of words, our previous view of a recovery in CNY in 2H remains intact. Our USD/CNY forecasts are updated to 7.12 in 3Q20, 7.09 in 4Q20, 7.05 in 1Q21 and 7.00 in 2Q21.”
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