Fed surprise points to further dollar strength

The FOMC’s optimistic assessment of the outlook and the significant shift up in its “dot plot” projections has sent the US dollar soaring over the past couple of days. We have brought forward our own forecast for the first Fed hike, and our conviction in our forecast for a stronger dollar across the board this year has strengthened.

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