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Nomura forecasts the euro will fall to parity with the dollar by August, citing faster euro zone growth loss and an energy terms-of-trade shock from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. EUR/USD is consolidating between 1.035 and 1.08 within a downtrend since May 2021.
A forecast of euro weakness signals continued dollar strength and expensive European energy imports, which can dampen European demand and pressure dollar-priced feed commodities.
poundsterlinglive.comGary HowesJun 30, 2022After 533 past bearish macro events, Euro (USD per EUR) moved a median -0.3% over 5 sessions (33% higher; middle half -1.2% to +0.2%), and -0.5% over 20.
After 2,356 past bullish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (60% higher; middle half -0.3% to +0.7%), and +0.4% over 20.
After 155 past bullish macro events, Natural Gas moved a median +0.1% over 5 sessions (51% higher; middle half -4.0% to +7.1%), and +2.0% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
