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Selling Pressure Grows On PLN

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  • In the past two months, selling pressure on PLN has remained elevated despite the recent aggressive hikes by the NBP.
  • NBP surprised the market in its last two meetings, raising the policy rate by 40bps last month (vs. no change expected) and again hiking by 75bps last week (vs. 25bps exp.).
  • We have seen recently that there are many risks for Polish risky assets in the near to medium term: ongoing dispute with EU bloc, FX loan settlement, significant rise in LT interest rates...
  • In addition, the 2Y10Y yield curve recently inverted, increasing the risk of a recession.
  • With the Fed tapering and recession risks rising in some EM economies, risk Is skewed to the downside for PLN.
  • USDPLN reached a local high of 4.0460 (slightly above 61.8% Fibo retracement of the 3.6170 – 4.3080 range); next resistance to watch on the topside stands at 4.10, followed by 4.1450 (76.4% Fibo).

Source: Bloomberg/MNI

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