Fx monthly yield curve dynamics drive the dollar
中文标题
收益率曲线动态驱动美元走势
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The report discusses how US yield curve dynamics are increasingly driving dollar moves, with a flatter curve being dollar-positive and a steeper curve dollar-negative. ING revises its forecasts to a stronger dollar into year-end due to Fed hawkishness, delays the next dollar decline to Q2 2027, and sees limited success for Japanese FX intervention.
- Institution
- ING THINK
- Published
- 09/03/2026
- Research topic
- US Dollar (DXY) · Gold · Fed Policy
- Time horizon
- year-end 2026 · 2025 · next year
Key arguments
- Yield curve steepening is dollar-negative; a flatter curve is dollar-positive.
- A hawkish Fed and short-dated US yields above 4% support a stronger dollar into year-end.
- The debasement trade (gold, bitcoin, CHF) may fade with Fed tightening.
- Japanese intervention is unlikely to succeed due to Fed tightening expectations; BoJ may need to surprise hawkishly or implement policy changes.
- Dollar weakness is likely delayed to Q2 2027 when US inflation returns to 2% and Fed may ease.
Key numbers
- EUR/USD year-end forecast
- 1.16
- Previous EUR/USD forecast
- 1.18
- USD/JPY year-end forecast
- 160
- Previous USD/JPY forecast
- 158
- US short-dated yields
- over 4.00%
- 30-year Treasury yield threshold for dollar downside
- 5.50%
- Japan intervention amount
- close to $100bn
- USD/JPY intervention zone
- 163/165
Main risks
- If 30-year Treasury yields surge above 5.50%, the dollar could weaken and volatility rise.
- The debasement trade may persist if Fed does not hike as expected.
- Japanese intervention may lead to further volatility if unsuccessful.
- Fed policy could surprise dovishly, leading to earlier dollar decline.
Corresponding source evidence
In light of a more hawkish Fed outlook, we now expect the dollar to stay stronger for longer Fed hawkishness and a flatter yield curve should help the dollar Fed hawkishness versus the debasement trade EUR/USD continues to bounce around in a broad 1.13-1.18 range – largely determined by US policy settings.
That is why we are dropping our year-end 2026 EUR/USD forecast to 1.16 from 1.18 and raising the USD/JPY profile to 160 from 158.
· year-end 2026A Fed hike and presumably a hawkish Fed stance into year-end will go some way towards dissuading investors from the debasement trade, which since 2025 has favoured the likes of the Swiss franc, gold and bitcoin at the expense of the dollar.
· 2025
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