Economics

Dollar Roadblock From Fed’s Balance Sheet Sets Up Euro Rally

  • Fed’s liquidity moves could create dollar glut: Morgan Stanley
  • Funding conditions may help euro enjoy a moment in the sun

     

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It doesn’t look good for the dollar. Morgan Stanley sees a glut looming, while Standard Chartered Plc says the growing U.S. monetary base will undercut the greenback.

There’s a rising tide of supply as the Federal Reserve pumps dollars into bank-funding markets in the wake of September’s upheaval. That has the potential to dent the yield advantage that U.S. markets offer just as a change of management at the European Central Bank could draw a line under monetary easing in the euro’s home region.