FxWirePro Call Review: Dollar index target extended from 95 to 93

In April this year, in an article named, “FxWirePro: Dollar likely to decline by more than 5 percent” available at http://www.econotimes.com/ , we forecasted that the dollar index, which is the value of the dollar against a basket of six currencies would decline more than 5 percent from the then current level of 100.5 to reach 95 area.

We cited two major reasons behind the forecast,

• “The dollar faced siege from two fronts; one being the uncertainties surrounding US policies which include not only the uncertainties with regard to policies under the new administration but also the ability of the new administration to pass its agendas successfully through the House of Representatives and the Senate.”
• “The second one is more global in nature and us at FxWirePro have been discussing this over the past year or so. While the US Federal reserve has turned out to be quite hawkish in 2017, it is well behind the curve when compared to its 2014 forecast that triggered the impressive 2014 summer dollar rally. Despite falling behind Fed’s own forecast, the dollar could find support from the dovish actions of other central banks namely the European Central Bank (ECB) and the bank of Japan (BoJ). Now, those central banks are considering a reversal in their monetary policies, which is not likely to bear well for the dollar.”

Since then, these two above fundamentals which are working against the dollar have not abated but intensified. The Washington is suffering an internal battle as people working within the administration but against president Trump and the media continue to undermine the current administration with damaging leaks.

In addition to that, commentaries from several policymakers at the Fed point to changing hawkish rhetoric within the Fed.

Since our article in April, the dollar index has slid further and we expect the trend to continue even if its finds support around 95 area. We now expect the dollar index to slid by another 4 percent (approx.) from the current level of 96.9 to 93 area.