EUR/USD strength is built on shaky economic assumptions

  • While the interest-rate-differential-defying strength of EUR/USD may be partly explained by increased currency hedging, it also reflects shifting expectations for economic growth. We think those will be dashed, even if the US doesn’t end up imposing a threatened 30% tariff on imports of goods from the EU.

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