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4X Global Research

4X Global Research was founded in 2017 to provide institutional and corporate clients with the substantive research, high-quality analysis and thoughtful insight on Emerging and G20 economies and financial markets they need to make informed and timely decisions and gain an edge in their investments.

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<p><strong>In the past couple of months governments in Asia-Pacific have materially accelerated the administration of Covid-19 vaccines.</strong></p><p><strong>But because of low starting points, vaccination rates remain low compared to the EU, US and UK and even a number EM economies (including Turkey). The exceptions are Korea, Malaysia and Japan which have now administered a similar number of doses per capita as the US, while Singapore has pulled further ahead. </strong></p><p><strong>In countries where governments started to vaccinate early such as the US and in particular the UK, vaccine roll-outs have slowed materially in the past nine weeks. These countries are taking additional measures to encourage those not yet vaccinated to do so and there is talk of jabs for under-18s and of booster jabs at least for the most vulnerable.</strong></p><p><strong>The picture for the increase in Covid-19 deaths since early July is even more granular. </strong></p><p><strong>In countries where governments started vaccinating early and now have high rates of vaccination, including the UK, US and EU, the number of deaths has perhaps unsurprisingly increased only marginally. </strong></p><p><strong>The rate of increase and total number of deaths remain negligible in New Zealand despite a sill modest vaccination roll-out. It has to varying degrees been a similar situation in Australia, Korea, Japan, Singapore and Taiwan.</strong></p><p><strong>The increase in deaths has also been modest in India and Philippines, albeit from a higher starting point. The increase in deaths has been far higher in Indonesia, Malaysia and in particular Thailand.  </strong></p><p><strong>Vaccination rates are a critical variable from a health and economic perspective but their direct impact on currencies has been mixed.</strong></p><p><strong>New Zealand Dollar has outperformed but is not particularly expensive in our view. Going forward we would expect it to remain well supported even if still vulnerable to pull-backs.</strong></p>

In the past couple of months governments in Asia-Pacific have materially accelerated the administration of Covid-19 vaccines.But because of low starting points, vaccination rates remain low compared to the EU, US and UK and even a number EM economies (including Turkey). The exceptions are Korea, Malaysia and Japan which have now administered a similar number of doses per capita as the US, while Singapore has pulled further ahead. In countries where governments started to vaccinate early such as the US and in particular the UK, vaccine roll-outs have slowed materially in the past nine weeks. These countries are taking additional measures to encourage those not yet vaccinated to do so and there is talk of jabs for under-18s and of booster jabs at least for the most vulnerable.The picture for the increase in Covid-19 deaths since early July is even more granular. In countries where governments started vaccinating early and now have high rates of vaccination, including the UK, US and EU, the number of deaths has perhaps unsurprisingly increased only marginally. The rate of increase and total number of deaths remain negligible in New Zealand despite a sill modest vaccination roll-out. It has to varying degrees been a similar situation in Australia, Korea, Japan, Singapore and Taiwan.The increase in deaths has also been modest in India and Philippines, albeit from a higher starting point. The increase in deaths has been far higher in Indonesia, Malaysia and in particular Thailand.  Vaccination rates are a critical variable from a health and economic perspective but their direct impact on currencies has been mixed.New Zealand Dollar has outperformed but is not particularly expensive in our view. Going forward we would expect it to remain well supported even if still vulnerable to pull-backs.

Fixed Income and Currency Strategist

Gautam Jain, PhD, CFA

<p>The Chilean peso has given up its outperformance from earlier this year following the central bank's dovish hike. We remain constructive on the currency on the back of the market-friendly outcome of the presidential primaries last weekend, upward revisions to Chile's growth, the outlook for copper prices, and the possibility that the central bank raises rates faster than currently priced.</p><p>Separately, the attached file is a snapshot of the EM currency market in which we seek to identify the leaders and laggards among currencies by comparing the performance of each to its history as well as to other currencies based on their respective betas to an EM currency index.</p>

The Chilean peso has given up its outperformance from earlier this year following the central bank's dovish hike. We remain constructive on the currency on the back of the market-friendly outcome of the presidential primaries last weekend, upward revisions to Chile's growth, the outlook for copper prices, and the possibility that the central bank raises rates faster than currently priced.Separately, the attached file is a snapshot of the EM currency market in which we seek to identify the leaders and laggards among currencies by comparing the performance of each to its history as well as to other currencies based on their respective betas to an EM currency index.

FX Dashboard: Stay Bullish on the Chilean Peso

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Technical Analysis

<div>DXY – Call for a DXY ST top near 93/92.70 to lock in some gains and work into select USD shorts for a pullback to 91.50 with risk to 91, to add back to USD longs and resume the rise targeting 94.</div><div></div><div>Timing risk: Pullback sequence should take the form of an elevated choppy pullback.</div><div></div><div>Next phase of the USD rise needs the 10yr to bottom near 1.37% support and start a fresh up cycle in yields.</div>

DXY – Call for a DXY ST top near 93/92.70 to lock in some gains and work into select USD shorts for a pullback to 91.50 with risk to 91, to add back to USD longs and resume the rise targeting 94.Timing risk: Pullback sequence should take the form of an elevated choppy pullback.Next phase of the USD rise needs the 10yr to bottom near 1.37% support and start a fresh up cycle in yields.

<p>EM currencies on aggregate have been tracking the US dollar closely but there has been a fair amount of differentiation within EM. With many central banks in EM embarking on monetary tightening cycles, we investigate whether that has been a factor explaining the different currency performances. We also identify the currencies that are cheap and expensive based on this analysis.</p><p>Separately, the attached file is a snapshot of the EM currency market in which we seek to identify the leaders and laggards among currencies by comparing the performance of each to its history as well as to other currencies based on their respective betas to an EM currency index.</p>

EM currencies on aggregate have been tracking the US dollar closely but there has been a fair amount of differentiation within EM. With many central banks in EM embarking on monetary tightening cycles, we investigate whether that has been a factor explaining the different currency performances. We also identify the currencies that are cheap and expensive based on this analysis.Separately, the attached file is a snapshot of the EM currency market in which we seek to identify the leaders and laggards among currencies by comparing the performance of each to its history as well as to other currencies based on their respective betas to an EM currency index.

FX Dashboard: Is Monetary Policy Driving FX Returns?

<p>In this note, we discuss the currencies that can perform well even if, following the sharp depreciation over the past two months, the US dollar becomes rangebound, taking away the impetus for EM currencies to appreciate on aggregate.</p><p>Separately, the attached file is a snapshot of the EM currency market in which we seek to identify the leaders and laggards among currencies by comparing the performance of each to its history as well as to other currencies based on their respective betas to an EM currency index.</p>

In this note, we discuss the currencies that can perform well even if, following the sharp depreciation over the past two months, the US dollar becomes rangebound, taking away the impetus for EM currencies to appreciate on aggregate.Separately, the attached file is a snapshot of the EM currency market in which we seek to identify the leaders and laggards among currencies by comparing the performance of each to its history as well as to other currencies based on their respective betas to an EM currency index.

FX Dashboard: EM Currencies to Target in the Late Recovery Phase

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Vaccination and Currency Immunity

Vaccination rates matter but for some Asia-Pacific countries, economies and currencies they are not proving to be a panacea.

Olivier Desbarres

FX Dashboard: Stay Bullish on the Chilean Peso

We remain constructive on the Chilean peso on the back of the market-friendly outcome of the presidential primaries last weekend and upward...

Gautam Jain, PhD, CFA

USD Long Trim with Fresh Buy Levels

DXY – Call for a DXY ST top near 93/92.70 to lock in some gains and work into select USD shorts for a pullback to 91.50 with risk to 91, to add...

Thomas Schroeder

FX Dashboard: Is Monetary Policy Driving FX Returns?

With many EM central banks embarking on monetary tightening cycles, we investigate whether that has been a factor explaining the currency...

Gautam Jain, PhD, CFA

FX Dashboard: EM Currencies to Target in the Late Recovery Phase

In this note, we discuss the currencies that can perform well even if the US dollar becomes rangebound going forward, taking away the impetus for...

Gautam Jain, PhD, CFA

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