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PLN Risks Are About The CHF, KPO And The Pandemic

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  • Comments from Pawel Borys, chief economist and President at the Polish Development Fund, on the PLN (translated):
    • 'The real effective exchange rate of PLN (REER) shows that our currency is in equilibrium, slightly undervalued for years, which supports exports, with a slight approx. 3-5% appreciation potential. Strengthening may be pro-cyclical if the economy rebounds strongly. Risks are about CHF, KPO (National Recovery Plan) and the pandemic.'
  • Our BEER FX 'fair' value model, which uses the terms of trade, inflation and 10y interest rate differentials as explanatory variables, shows that the PLN is slightly overvalued in April relative to the USD (+2%, see chart below).

Source: Bloomberg/MNI


  • The chart below shows the evolution of the USDPLN spot rate relative to its BEER 'fair' value rate in the past cycle.

Source: Bloomberg/MNI

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