Tag Archives: NZD/JPY

Weekly Forex & Interest Rate Outlook

The recent improvement in global sentiment has supported the NZD. A continuation of this theme should push it higher to 0.8430 during the week ahead.

Markets Outlook – Household Heat

This week’s data are off to a positive start in the form of this morning’s quarterly retail sales report, the Performance of Services Index (PSI) and the BNZ survey of residential REINZ agents.

Weekly Commentary

In short, the story we tell in the February Overview remains a familiar one. As expected2013 saw the New Zealand economy accelerate, boosted by a big lift in constructionactivity on the back of the Canterbury rebuild,

Daily FX Wrap and Strategy

The NZD has crept a little higher to sit around 0.8340 this morning. Yesterday’s BNZ PMI showed NZ’s manufacturing sector started 2014 on a healthy note. January’s reading of 56.2 is well above 50,

Daily FX Wrap and Strategy

As risk appetite continues to recover in global markets the NZD/USD has crept higher. It sits at 0.8340 this morning. Domestically, it was another fairly low-key day yesterday.

Weekly Forex & Interest Rate Outlook

NZD/USD remains directionless, although improved risk sentiment plus Friday’s US jobs data should support it this week.SInce November, NZD/USD has been stuck in a sideways 0.8050-0.8400 range,

Weekly Commentary

Recent developments – a slowly strengthening New Zealandlabour market, the Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision totake rate cuts off the table for the time being,

Daily FX Wrap and Strategy

The NZD/USD has outperformed over the past 24-hours asglobal risk appetite has improved. The NZD/USD sits at0.8220 this morning.Yesterday afternoon the NZD/USD dipped to lows below0.8060.

Financial Markets Wrap – January: Jim-Jams

In a battle between domestic strength and emerging-market induced risk aversion, the latter gained the upper hand

Weekly Forex & Interest Rate Outlook

Despite a probable RBNZ interest rates hike on 13 March, markets have picked on the NZD to express negative sentiment towards risky assets globally.

Weekly Commentary

All eyes were firmly on the Reserve Bank’s January OCRReview last week. While we were always expecting theRBNZ to remain on hold, with the New Zealand economygathering momentum and

Weekly Overview

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