Morgan Stanley warns worst to come for US dollar


NEW YORK: The dollar is set to fall 5% in the next few months, the Federal Reserve isn’t raising interest rates anytime soon and US economic data is only going to get worse.

That’s what Morgan Stanley chief global currency strategist Hans Redeker told clients in a note published last Thursday, citing in-house indicators showing US domestic demand is set to fade in the coming months. It didn’t take long for markets to prove him prescient.

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