The AUD had a range overnight of 0.6453 - 0.6505, Asia is opening around 0.6490. The AUD had a decen...
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TYM5 reopens at 111-03, up 0-01 from closing levels in today’s Asia-Pac session.
USD/CNH tracks near 7.2000 in early Tuesday dealings. The currency rose a modest 0.16% for Monday's session, as focused remained on broader Asian currencies gains, led by TWD. Broader USD sentiment was mostly weaker for Monday's session the BBDXY index down 0.31%, the DXY off 0.25%. Onshore China markets return today after the break since May 1 for the Labor day holiday period. Note spot USD/CNY ended the pre-holiday period at 7.2714.
The global bank weighs in on USD valuations and how much the dollar might fall.
Goldman Sachs: "How overvalued is the Dollar? Investors have been asking how overvalued the Dollar is and how much further it can fall. We recently looked at this question through the lens of our two formal FX fair value models: GSDEER and GSFEER. These approach the question from separate angles but currently provide similar signals: the Dollar is around 16% overvalued on a trade-weighted basis. The FEER model links the currency to an economy’s external and internal imbalances, and we think it is the more relevant benchmark at the moment given the focus on the US current account deficit. Under the model’s assumptions, a 17% Dollar depreciation would be consistent with the US current account deficit (currently over 4%) converging to its long-run 'norm' (around 2.6% on our estimates), all else equal. In practice, external balance adjustments are often achieved with shifts in both domestic demand and exchange rates. Valuation is not a catalyst in and of itself and so exchange rates can trade far from their long-run fair value for extended periods, as has been the Dollar’s case over the past decade. However, when there is a rapid and large enough shock to macroeconomic fundamentals, currency adjustment back to fair value and/or large shifts in the fair value itself can be relatively fast. We have seen this before, for example with GBP during Brexit and with EUR during the gas supply shock. Finally, we would note that it is not unusual for currencies to overshoot once fair value is reached."