The threat, problems, and preferences

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan removed Murat Cetinkaya as the central bank governor. In fact, this is an attempt to threaten the Central Bank of Turkey of independence, so the country's monetary policy is fully synchronized with the Government’s actions and objectives. Therefore crumbled.

This is a wake-up call to the world. Recall, Trump continues to weigh heavily against the Federal Reserve System, he wants a cheaper US dollar and Tight Monetary Policy. As a result, the Fed is facing another dilemma. The fact is that RATE-CUTTING could be perceived as a “response” to Trump's pressure. So there is a risk that the Fed may postpone the rate reduction in order to show that their actions are completely independent. However, we consider this option unlikely. So our recommendation to sell the dollar on the intraday basis as well as mid-term position.

The head of Russia’s State Statistics Service (Rosstat), who had been responsible for Russian statistics since 2009, was removed from his position however the Russian economy is still weak. PMI indices in Russia in June went below 50 (it means a decline in business activity). It is not about crossing the mark below 50, but at the rate at which the indicators are deteriorating. For example, back in May, the PMI index for the service sector was 52 (in June 49.7), and for the industrial sector - 51.5 (in June 49.2). So the rate at the end of June dropped sharply, updating the 2016 minimums. So, our recommendation to sell the ruble at any convenient opportunity.

Our trading plans and ideas are as follows. We will continue to look for points for dollar sales. We work on gold without special preferences - buy is at overbought and sell at oversold price levels. USDJPY we will sell. Medium-term purchases of pound and euro are still attractive. We will sell the Russian ruble, as well as oil.