By Jeremy Boulton — Oct 20 - 05:00 AM
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EUR/USD rises 1.0565-95 EBS - rising when expected to fall
Current risk aversion logically favours USD over euro - both deemed safe
On Friday EUR/CHF drops to lowest level since 2015 at 0.9419 nL1N3BQ0GU
If SNB intervenes it will likely underpin EUR/USD too
EUR/CHF market lacks depth - to intervene effectively SNB may utilise legs
Legs of this cross are EUR/USD and USD/CHF - SNB buying both simultaneously
When intervention rebalanced SNB would sell EUR/USD - 37% reserve is USD
SNB intervention top and tails EUR/USD suppressing volatility
The stability of emerging currencies should impress traders nL1N3BQ0P8
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Refinitiv IFR Research/Market Commentary