HSBC - USD Smashes EM...EUR, GBP, JPY, & Other G10
The USD continues to overpower many emerging market currencies. Since the start of May, for example, the Brazilian real and Indian rupee have fallen 16% against the USD, while the Indonesian rupiah and South African rand have fallen 11%.
Interestingly though, the USD has lost ground to its developed market peers of EUR, GBP and JPY over the same period of time.
In this regard, HSBC argues that such divergence will not persist, with the USD set to reassert its dominance within the G10 currency world also.
"The USD has a mixed historical relationship with Fed tightening cycles, on some occasions strengthening, on others weakening. But rising growth expectations rather than inflation fears are driving the current rise in US yields, which historically has created a stronger USD. So far, this USD strength has been more consistently evident against EM currencies. But we anticipate a fresh bout of USD upside against the EUR, GBP and JPY," HSBC projects.
"Neither the ECB nor the BoE will want to live with rising market interest rates and a stronger currency. Policies will likely respond, through words and actions, taking their currencies lower against the USD. In fact, history shows that over the tightening cycle, the USD has tended to perform consistently across G10. It would be wrong to read too much into its recent weakness against the EUR, GBP and JPY," HSBC adds.
"The USD has smacked EM, and it is coming for G10," HSBC concludes.