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USD/CHF plummets to its lowest level since 2015, below mid-0.8000s amid bearish USD
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USD/CHF plummets to its lowest level since 2015, below mid-0.8000s amid bearish USD
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2025.04.21 17:57
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- USD/CHF comes under intense selling pressure on Monday amid a combination of factors.
- Trade-related uncertainties weigh on investors' sentiment and benefit the safe-haven CHF.
- US recession fears and bets for more aggressive Fed rate cuts weigh on the Greenback.
The USD/CHF pair attracts heavy selling at the start of a new week and plummets to levels just below mid-0.8000s, or the lowest since January 2015 during the first half of the European session. The downfall confirms a fresh breakdown through a one-week-old trading range support and suggests that the path of least resistance for spot prices is to the downside.
The severe nature of US President Donald Trump's international trade policies continues to weigh on investors' sentiment, which is evident from the underlying bearish tone around the equity markets and underpins the safe-haven Swiss Franc (CHF). This, along with a broadly weaker US Dollar (USD), exerts downward pressure on the USD/CHF pair for the second consecutive day on Monday.
Trump's back-and-forth tariff announcements have dented confidence in the world's largest economy and raised the possibility of a US recession. Moreover, bets that the Federal Reserve (Fed) will resume its rate-cutting cycle soon and lower interest rates by 100-basis-point in 2025 drag the USD Index (DXY), which tracks the Greenback against a basket of currencies, to its lowest level since April 2022.
The USD bulls, meanwhile, seem unimpressed by Fed Chair Jerome Powell's hawkish remarks last week, saying that the central bank is well-positioned to wait for more clarity before making any changes to the stance of policy. In the absence of any relevant US macro releases, the fundamental backdrop favors the USD bears and supports prospects for a further depreciation for the USD/CHF pair.
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