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Flash: Why has FX volatility been so painfully slow? - BMO Capital Markets

FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - Stephen Gallo, European Head of Currency Strategy at BMO Capital Markets notes that FX market turnover today and month-to-date in October has been painfully low.

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“We highlight as many as four factors which are currently suppressing market volatility and positioning.”

“Uncertainty over the Fed’s ‘no taper’ in September and a possible messy exit in the future, regulatory hurdles on both sides of the Atlantic, the political impasse and fiscal crisis in the US, and the uncompleted cross-border investigations into FX rate manipulation around the fixings.”

“None of these factors will, we believe, dissipate quickly.”

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