Tuesday 30 December 2008

USD dead cat bounce

John B reckoned that the USD dead cat bounce will end in 2009 in the comments here. Going by this chart (USD against basket of currencies 2005 - 2008, click to enlarge) it looks to me like the dead cat bounce is over and USD is on its way down again:
To put that in perspective, USD reached a peak of over 1.2 in early 2002 and has been sliding ever since.

4 comments:

Obnoxio The Clown said...

I wonder if the GBP will even have a dead cat bounce?

John B said...

Good spot. I've not been following $ rates over Dec, as I've been mostly working (first 15 days) and drinking (last 15 days).

Obnoxio: the GBP should be at 1.6ish to the USD, based on PPP and on long-term trends (which works, as our economies are comparably fucked: they have more debt, but we have an older population, and we're more or less the same on everything else including all recession-relevant indicators). Fuck knows where we'll end up against the €, though.

Mark Wadsworth said...

Obo, heck knows if and when, it might take a few years to recover like after White Wednesday.

JB, how's the hangover? You've two more days of boozing to go.

John B said...

Enjoying them thoroughly, and rounding slightly. Will let you know on Jan 5 re hangover/sobriety.