3 conditions are required for the US dollar to resume its downtrend – HSBC

<p>HSBC is looking for the USD to fall further, saying that with the end of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) hiking cycle being near there are 3 triggers to watch for fresh weakness:</p><ol><li>risk appetite remaining strong</li><li>US economic statistics not outperforming the rest of the world as much</li><li>a sustained slowdown of global inflation, including a sharp decrease in US core inflation</li></ol><p>HSBC says that the ideal situation would be for the US economy to perform a "soft landing" and for the rest of the world, especially China, to have some improvement (vs. expectations) in their economic growth outlook.</p><p>HSBC concludes:</p><ul><li>Should these conditions occur, the range-bound USD is set to end and its downtrend should resume, and this is our central case through the rest of this year and into 2024</li></ul><p>—</p><p>DXY weekly candles:</p>

This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.