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JPMorgan cuts euro, Canadian dollar forecasts

Published June 11, 2018 Updated June 11, 2018 04:42pm

JPM saw the euro trading at $1.20 by end-2018 versus a previous $1.25 forecast, and recovering slightly to $1.23 by the second quarter of 2019 in a note received on Monday.

It cited softer euro zone economic data and political uncertainty as reasons for the downgrade.

The bank also cut forecasts on the Canadian dollar to C$1.27 , from its previous C$1.24 expectation, noting trade tensions with the United States and the possibility of lower oil prices.

The pair is currently trading at the day's lows of C$1.30, having fallen 3.2 percent so far this year.

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