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CZK: EUR Weakness Prompts Reversal Lower for CZK

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The moderate recovery in the euro from its overnight lows proved to be short-lived, prompting an extension lower in CZK as the single currency falls back towards its lowest levels of the week.

  • Comments from CNB Governor Ales Michl yesterday, who said “It’s better to have a more consistent, but overall more restrictive policy”, underpinned CZK outperformance, with the koruna ~0.7% firmer against the Polish zloty this week, and flat against the Hungarian forint. While local drivers/data are limited today, focus will turn to preliminary Q2 GDP figures released at the end of the week.
  • EURCZK briefly tested the 25.00 handle again today, a break of which would place the cross at its lowest level since the start of July. 24.9166, the 61.8% retracement of the Jun-Aug rally, marks next support. Given the scale of the impressive sell-off over the past month, initial resistance for the cross remains some way off, at around 25.15 where both the 20- and 50-day EMAs intersect today.

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