
Simon Mayes
Head of UK, Ireland, Switzerland & Middle East corporate FX sales at MUFG (formerly Head of UK, Ireland & Swiss FX Corporate Sales).
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Aug 28, 2026
From USD debasement fears to a Fed policy rethink
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Derek HalpennyHOST
I think we can obviously get back up to those levels from when the buyback announcement was made, and then I think, you know, we can certainly grind up to the one hundred level on DXY.

Simon MayesGUEST
And then what do you think that might mean for dollar/yen? Obviously, there's been a lot of focus on dollar/yen this year.

Simon MayesGUEST
Do you have any thoughts o- o- on that speech and, and, and the levels of intervention that have been confirmed, uh, between July and August from, from, uh, the Ministry of Finance?

Derek HalpennyHOST
And, and then that gets you in, in line with hitting neutral, which is probably 175 to 2, um, on nominal rates, which we would definitely envisage seeing in, in 2027.

Simon MayesGUEST
And, and one, one last story that, you know, has, has been of interest this week, um, but it was interesting to me that despite the, the, um, the trade deal breaking down between US and Canada, um, the CAD still has been quite well contained.