Monday, 23 July 2007

New Zealand's Dollar May Extend Rally to 83 U.S. Cents, Lawmaker Key Says

(Bloomberg) -- The New Zealand dollar may extend
its rally by as much as 3 percent to 83 U.S. cents, said John
Key, the opposition leader who correctly forecast its surge to
80 cents.

``The fundamental drivers are still there, the weak U.S.
dollar and the appetite from places like Japan for yield,'' Key,
a former European head of global foreign exchange at Merrill
Lynch & Co., said in an interview from Wellington. ``But we're
at the point where the high exchange rate will bite in and the
losses experienced by exporters will affect the economy.''


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