Ignore FX Relativity at your Own Risk

by Ashraf Laidi

Jul 17, 2017 15:48

In January, most of the FX world jumped on the wave of a positive USD outlook based on the easily articulated theory of diverging monetary policies-- that the Fed will be the only central bank tightening and the rest stuck in easing or neutral gear. So what went wrong? Full piece here.

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