NZD/USD: Positive bias for the week ahead - Westpac

Sandeep Kanihama FXStreet Contributor

Imre Speizer, Research Analyst at Westpac, adopts a positive bias for NZD/USD for the week ahead, targeting 0.71.

Key Quotes

“NZD supportive factors include rising dairy prices, rising NZ inflation, and NZD speculator positioning.”

“CFTC reports NZD/USD speculators as extremely short by historical standards, and thus vulnerable to a reversal.”

“Multi-month, though, we continue to expect a NZD/USD decline to sub-0.69, driven by a rising US dollar.”

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Sandeep Kanihama

FXStreet Contributor

Sandeep Kanihama is an FX Editor and Analyst with FXstreet having principally focus area on Asia and European markets with commodity, currency and equities coverage. He is stationed in the Indian capital city of Delhi.

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