Tag Archives: EUR/NZD

Weekly Commentary

Recent developments have allayed some of our concernsthat the private sector would respond to the economicupswing by going on an unproductive spending spree.

Daily FX Wrap and Strategy

The NZD/USD was shunted around with the rest of themajors as markets responded to the US retail sales report. But overall, the currency is little changed,just 0.2% higher at 0.8630.

Weekly Forex & Interest Rate Outlook

NZD/USD Outlook: Down this week Expected RBNZ behaviour plus the recent rebound in US sentiment should weigh on NZD/USD this week.

Markets Outlook – Surplus to Requirements

Thursday’s election-year Budget will be the centrepiece of New Zealand’s market week. Sure, the NZ government has signalled restraint.

Weekly Commentary

The March quarter labour market figures confirmed that ahiring spree is under way as the economy gathers steam. But with more and more people being drawn into the work force,

Daily FX Wrap and Strategy

The NZD traded a relatively tight range over the past 24-hours, to sit at 0.8640 this morning.After the previous days’ sharp falls the NZD/USD easedinto a steady range of trading yesterday.

Daily FX Wrap and Strategy

The NZD has rocketed higher on the back of broad-based USD weakness. Its appeal as a carry-trade target currency has it sitting atop the G10 currency leaderboard against the USD. It is up 0.9% to 0.8750, a fresh 2.5-year high.

NZD Corporate FX Update

The NZD inched higher over April, despite a lesssupportive fundamental picture. It’s not that NewZealand’s good-news economic story is suddenlyunravelling – it’s just no longer surprising.

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,

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 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.