US Dollar Slumps to New Lows - British Pound (GBP) 2.10 - Commodities Soar - Dollar Rally Expected
Currencies / US Dollar Nov 07, 2007 - 01:33 PM GMT
The US Dollar slumped sharply to new lows against major currencies which included falling to $2.10 to the British Pound. The latest sell off was attributed to comments by a chinease official who suggested that China should look to transfer its over $1.4 trillion of forex reserves to 'stronger' currencies.
"We will favour stronger currencies over weaker ones, and will readjust accordingly," said Cheng Siwei, vice chairman of the National People's Congress.
Commodities surged on the news with crude oil hitting a new all time high of $98.60 and Gold flirting with its all time high of $850.
Technically the US Dollar is now oversold against the British Pound and against all other major currencies. This suggests that a rally in the US Dollar is now due that could carry the British Pound towards the two year support trendline, which suggests a decline to between £/$ 2.03 and 2.04 over several weeks.
If the rally in the dollar occurs then this would likely have a bearish implications for commodities that have greatly benefited from the falling dollar that has brought crude oil towards $100 and Gold towards $850. The reaction could take crude oil to below $90 and Gold to below $800 over the period of dollar strength.
By Nadeem Walayat
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