EUR/USD: 1.17738 versus 1.18718.
Wow, the dollar actually rose against the euro.
Sold to the 10 day EMA, the support it has held the past 5 weeks on the rally.
Source: Investment House
The two dominant central banks, the Fed and ECB, are ready to coordinate their currency moves once again.
Once the ECB finishes the taper of bond purchases, probably in mid-2018, it will then move slowly toward interest rate hikes. This tightening phase will strengthen the euro.
UBS sees a correction on the cards as it bets that the European Central Bank will start unwinding its stimulus slower than the market expects.
Its projection of $1.15 stood out given its contrarian nature at a time when the majority of forecasters surveyed by Bloomberg expected it to slip to around $1.03 or even parity.
UBS Wealth, which recommends that investors should hold a neutral position on the euro against the dollar, predicts the currency will trade at $1.18 in six months.
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