Commerzbank’s Thu Lan Nguyen discusses the renewed popularity of FX carry trades as hopes grow for an end to the Middle East war. She stresses that long-run returns are not driven by interest differentials alone and warns that theory argues against persistent excess returns.
ING economist Adam Antoniak expects the National Bank of Poland (NBP) to keep its main policy rate at 3.75% at the 2 June meeting and beyond, as May CPI surprised to the downside and remains within the target band.
Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) strategist Elias Haddad highlights that the Canadian Dollar (CAD) underperformed as weaker Oil and an unexpected technical recession hit sentiment.