Tag Archives: AUD/NZD
Markets Outlook – Q1 Labour Data: Pulled Up on a Technicality?
How the market reacts to Wednesday’s HLFS is more difficult than normal to get a feel for. We are most conscious, however, of last Friday’s US non-farm payrolls,
Australian Markets Weekly – RBA forecasts and policy focus this week
The RBA Board meeting, quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy and employment and retail sales data the highlights this week. RBA will revise down their near term inflation forecasts after a friendly Q1 report.
Weekly Commentary
New Zealanders go to the polls in 2014 and with theelection now a little over 6 months away politicalannouncements are starting to make headlines.
Financial Markets Wrap – April: Holding Out
US data continue to improve, but not at a stellar pace. Dovish rhetoric from the Fed kept the USD subdued.
Daily FX Wrap and Strategy
The NZD/USD sits only marginally higher this morning, at0.8630.The NZD/USD has traded a tight range over the past 24-hours in the absence of domestic data releases.
Daily FX Wrap and Strategy
The NZD/USD pushed higher in the early hours of thismorning, in the backdrop of a weak USD. It sits at 0.8620this morning.Yesterday’s ANZ business survey showed an expectedpullback in its headline readings.
USD & JPY are going through soft patches and scandies get a breather Tuesday
EUR/USD: With support at the high end of the Fibo adjusted short-term”Ichimoku cloud” an attempt above 1.3865 is made. A shortterm127.2% Fibo extension ref at
Weaker SEK & EMs, lower USD/JPY and possibly higher EUR/GBP
EUR/USD: Nothing new. 1.3785 or 1.3865 has to be broken to show atilt.
Australian Markets Weekly – A Budget for the Ages
Ahead of the upcoming 13 May Budget, there will be considerable interest in the Commission of Audit’s findings that are being released Thursday.
Markets Outlook – As They Say of Good Intentions
Provided that Labour leaves the Governor as the single decision maker, retains CPI inflation as the primary target of policy, and maintains the Reserve Bank’s independence then proposed policy changes may end up
Asian Currencies Technicals
AUD/USD followed up Wednesday’s close below the 21-DMA with a continuation lower Thursday that found support at the $0.9253 level.
Weekly Commentary
Last week the Reserve Bank increased the OCR a secondtime to 3.00%, as was unanimously expected by economistsand financial markets.