US data to determine if EUR/USD defiance of spreads persists
Oct 28 (Reuters) -EUR/USD rallied Monday and continued its defiance of yield and rate differentials between the dollar and euro ahead of a slew of U.S. economic reports that could determine Fed policy and future price action.
EUR/USD turned positive and rallied above the 5-DMA Monday despite German-U.S. 2-year spreads US2DE2=RR trading to new wides not seen since April.
Terminal rate spreads for the Fed SRAM26 and ECB FEIZ5 hit fresh wides of -166bps as investors leaned towards the ECB cutting rates more aggressively than the ECB will.
EUR/USD shorts are likely frustrated the correlation between spreads and EUR/USD has fallen apart for now.
Profit taking from EUR/USD's recent sharp fall off September's monthly high may have contributed to the correlation's deterioration, but that deterioration may only be temporary.
U.S. September JOLTS and PCE, Q3 GDP, October ADP and non-farm payrolls, weekly jobless claims as well as October ISM manufacturing reports are due this week.
Data indicating U.S. economic and job growth are solid and that hot-running inflation may be returning could fuel expectations of further divergence between the Fed and ECB.
In that scenario, spreads could widen further in the dollar's favor, potentially erasing EUR/USD's recent bounce and allowing a resumption of the broader down trend.
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(Christopher Romano is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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