Westpac on the game-changer ahead for Australia, issues new AUD/USD forecasts

Westpac's new Australian dollar forecasts

• for the end of this year target is 0.78 (from 0.80)
• and for H2 of 2022 the target expected peak is 0.82 (from the previously forecast 0.85)

That H2 peak is a chinku 8c higher from the current level.

WPAC issued their revised forecast Friday last week. 

One of the main factors WPAC cite for looking for a higher AUD (ps. their note is long and detailed, so this is just a very short highlight, bolding mine):

• Government advice points to an adequate supply of Pfizer and Moderna through the second half of 2021. Optimistically Australia can be on track for 60% fully vaccinated (compared to the current 10%) by late November with the possibility of moving further although with 25% of the population under 20 there will be a natural limit to the proportion of the population vaccinated.
•  Australia's adult population could become one of the most highly vaccinated globally by the first quarter of 2022. That would be a Game Changer for Australia and the Confidence that would earn from markets.

July 19, 2021 at 09:00AM
Eamonn Sheridan
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