SGD: Sing in the Wings – Deutsche Bank
Research Team at Deutsche Bank, suggests that there was little pushback to their view that MAS would not change policy at their April meeting given a reiteration of their core inflation forecasts, and fiscal support.
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“Nonetheless, we argued that SGD NEER above the midband looked expensive. Most clients were in agreement about tactical SGD shorts, but this was more of a niche position now. We shared that USD/SGD was not the perfect proxy for China stress, due to de-correlation in the USD basket during risk-off (JPY and EUR stronger, even if CNY and North Asia weaker), and that it works better in a more uniformly bullish USD environment led by the Fed.”
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