The start of the week sees a decline in the dollar price. This comes immediately after it suffered a weekly drop for the first time since March. As a result, economists are forecasting more bubbles in the dollar, especially with increasing interest rates in the United States. There is now a strong backing for the Chinese yuan as they gradually relax the lockdown rules.
According to Joe Capurso, the strategist of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the dollar may be on the decline after reaching a climax. This is primarily because of the persistence of Europe to the energy shock as well as the gradual victory of the Covid-19 in China.
He adds further that there is an expectation that investments could skyrocket beyond consumers’ expenditure with the right policy support. In his words, investment is mining commodity-intensive. As a result, this will favour currencies like the Canadian dollar, the Chinese yuan, and the Australian dollar, all of which are commodity currencies.
Concerning China, they are slowly recovering from the effects of the Covid-19 as restrictions are gradually being eased. The government has also taken a massive step in seeing the economy’s recovery by a considerable slash in interest rates. Therefore, China is anticipating the total removal of restrictions and lockdown by the beginning of next month.
The Yuan Rises Against the Dollar
Asia is the focus of geopolitics this week with the visit of Joe Biden of the U.S., touring the region. His visit is to foster more economic engagement for the United States and repel China’s influence. The U.S. president is scheduled to meet with the Emperor of Japan today before a meeting with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
Last week, the Chinese yuan had its most beneficial week since the end of last year. Early this Monday morning, it trades at 6.6884 against the dollar in offshore trades.
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