NZD/USD: Stabilization coming – Westpac

NZD/USD has stabilised after falling 10% since August (much of that caused by the election event) and looks around 5% undervalued according to Westpac’s fair value models, according to Imre Speizer, Research Analyst at Westpac.

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“Speculative positioning is quite short, so that even if the USD does continue to rise, the NZD/USD response may be muted in the near term.”

“Medium-term though, our view remains negative, resting largely on NZ-US interest rate spread shrinkage persisting into next year.”

“If that proves correct, we should see NZD/USD below 0.67 multi-month.”