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EUR/GBP (Euro/British Pound) currency pair consists of two European currencies which are influenced by: European political situation, general market trend, difference of rates in the two countries, and other factors. Quality and extra precise EURGBP forecast for today, tomorrow and for a week is the result of the past trades as well as of thorough analysis of multiple data which can have influence with the currency rates.
Over the past two weeks, there has been a fall in oil quotes which weakened the Canadian dollar and the USD/CAD pair is seen as flat with the range of 100 points: between the levels of 1.3410 and 1.3510.
While a glimpse at EURGBP would not reveal much, both these currencies are now racing which one beats the US dollar more.
The EUR/GBP pair plunged again below the resistance level of 0.8628, which also serves as an upper part of the range in the daily chart.
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A bullish trap has formed on the daily chart and the currency pair approached it with a shooting star formation. The first chance you get to sell the pair at the currency price (0.8600) is.
The EURGBP created a Hammer candle low on Tuesday (September 6) at 0.8332 from the recent high (August 12) at 0.8723. Two strong up days last week, through the 23.6 Fibonacci level and a touch of the 50 DMA and 38.2 Fib level spiked my interest on Friday.
Although the euro and pound both suffered massive hits as a result of last week’s Brexit decision, the euro has fared substantially better than sterling in the aftermath of Thursday EU referendum.
I wrote yesterday that EUR had rallied strongly against USD and GBP after the stunningly low employment numbers from the US on Friday. I mentioned that as a result EURGBP moved to levels that might not be sustainable.
EUR rallied strongly against USD and GBP after the stunningly low employment numbers from the US. This took EURGBP to levels that might not be sustainable.
EUR/GBP continued its sharp slide on Wednesday morning for the second consecutive day this week as the euro has generally remained in a prolonged slump and sterling has once again taken center stage as the star performer against other major currencies.
Given higher odds of a "Remain" outcome in the EU Referendum (of 77%), GBP to remain buoyed near-term. Very strong retail sales data for April for the UK released on Thursday also to support the Pound.
The EUR/GBP managed to bounce back relatively sharply just before the end of last month after receding Brexit fears had exerted strong downward pressure on the cross throughout the month of April.
EUR/GBP is recording moderate gains at the beginning of the week, retaking the mid-0.7800s after bottoming out near 0.7730 last week.
EUR/GBP is trading last just above the 0.78 handle, barely moved following the release of the European CPI and prelim Q1 GDP data, with inflation coming worse than expected, while growth figures revealed an upside surprise.
The outcome of the European Central Bank’s latest policy decision is due on Thursday. Having just expanded QE at the last meeting in March.
EURGBP has been in an uptrend lately and is still breaking above recent pivotal highs. It has been attracting buyers after pull backs have taken the pair near S&R levels.
The EUR/GBP cross caught a fresh bid tone following the release of worse-than expected UK manufacturing PMI report, which weighed on the British pound.
Eurozone Q4 GDP showed mild growth of around 0.3% Q/Q. Weak EU PMIs are putting some pressure on the EUR, while discouraging data is expected to continue from the Eurozone, which will keep ECB dovishness intact.
Not surprisingly, the dramatic extension of the implied timeline for BOE tightening has driven EUR/GBP sharply higher, and based on the chart, this trend coul stretch further.
EURGBP Monthly chart bullish momentum continues to dominate. Current price is higher by around +110 pips since my Jan 11 2016 EURGBP, update.
On Thursday, the EUR/GBP pair managed to strengthen as the GBP was under pressure after the Bank of England meeting. As expected, current monetary policy in the UK was kept unchanged.
By far the biggest FX development over the two weeks was ECB President Draghi’s unexpectedly dovish press conference, which hinted heavily at a likely expansion of the central bank’s quantitative easing (QE) program come December.
The GBP was supported by strong labour market data from the UK. The Unemployment Rate for 3 months at the end of August unexpectedly fell by 0.1% to 5.4%, while Average Earnings grew from 2.9% to 3.0%.
The European currency keeps strengthening against the British Pound, reaching new local high. However, the growth is affected by controversial EU macroeconomic statistics.
The Greek parliament passed austerity measures needed to secure a Л†86bn bailout. The Eurogroup approved the first 7-billion-euro bridge-loan, reports Bloomberg, citing informed resources.
Sterling marked its fifth straight day of gains against the dollar and rose to an almost three-year high during the London session before tumbling 100 pips as Bank of England Governor Mark Carney began speaking at the Davos World Economic Forum.
EUR/GBP continues moving upwards and I.
It looks like EUR/GBP is starting new trend; Super Trends formed bullish cross. In the near term.
Pair is still consolidating below the H4 Super Trend. I have two sell orders.
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The Euro/Pound represents a cross between two biggest economies in Europe - the Euro-zone and the United Kingdom. Given the economic proximity and interdependence between the two, the pair is significantly less volatile than many other Euro or Pound based crosses. The pair is particularly sensitive to changes in monetary policy between the Bank of England and European Central Bank.
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The EUR/USD pair initially tried to rally during the trading session on Thursday, but found the area above the 1.18 level to be a bit too resistive. However, today is Nonfarm Payroll Friday, and that means that we will how volatility. This could give us an idea as to where the US dollar does next, which of course has a massive effect on this pair. Ultimately, I think that we will eventually find buyers as the 1.17 level should be rather important. I am looking for some type of bounce after the jobs number to get involved and start buying again. If we don’t get that, I would be a buyer above the top of the range for the session on Thursday. I don’t have any interest in shorting this market currently, but will reevaluate things if we break down below the 1.17 handle.
The British pound initially fell during the trading session on Thursday, testing the vital 1.3333 handle, and then bounced enough to reach towards the 1.35 handle. If we can clear that area, the market should then go looking towards the 1.3650 level, which is a scene of massive resistance. I think that short-term pullbacks are buying opportunities, and I have no interest in shorting the British pound, although there is a certain amount of headline risk coming out of the negotiations between London and Brussels. Longer-term, I think we will break above the 1.3650 level, and go looking towards the 1.40 level above. That’s a longer-term call, and I do believe that eventually the British pound becomes more of a “buy-and-hold” scenario, so being patient is paramount to making profits in this market. I have no interest in shorting this market until we break down below the uptrend line on the chart.
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US Dollar Looks Vulnerable Through the End of 2017.
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Fundamental Forecast for the US Dollar : Neutral.
US Dollar drops after FOMC despite seemingly hawkish outcome PCE inflation data, GDP update unlikely to discourage USD bears Successful tax cut vote may help, but it might be priced in already.
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Last week’s FOMC monetary policy announcement was billed as decisive for the US Dollar, and on this score, it did not disappoint. Indeed, the outing marked the currency’s most volatile day in over two months. It plunged against all of its major counterparts, tellingly tracking a drop in Treasury bond yields and a flattening of the 2018 tightening path implied in Fed Funds futures.
This textbook response to a “dovish” policy outturn is difficult to reconcile with Fed guidance seemingly steering in the opposite direction. The committee projected three rate hikes next year, topping priced-in bets. It lifted forecasts for growth and employment too. Fed Chair Yellen even stressed that officials’ rosier outlook didn’t reflect anything new on fiscal policy, signaling confidence in underlying economic strength.
A raft of explanations quickly surfaced. Some cited profit-taking, claiming the outcome was already priced in. Others pointed to the disconnect between an unchanged rate hike forecast and the GDP outlook upgrade, saying it meant the Fed is reluctant to tighten even as growth accelerates. Perhaps the most compelling theory blamed year-end flows, with passing event risk allowing traders to juice the last of the year’s top trends.
In any case, the markets weighed up the last of the year’s critical fundamental news-flow and clearly signaled their disposition, hinting that the greenback may face still more selling before the calendar turns to 2018. A revised set of third-quarter GDP statistics and November’s PCE inflation data would probably need to come in a lot better than expected to tip the scales in buyers’ favor in the week ahead.
The fiscal side of the equation remains a wildcard. Last-minute wheeling and dealing among Congressional Republicans appeared to secure enough support to pass long-promised tax cut legislation, with a vote possible as soon as Monday. The markets’ post-FOMC response suggests this has already entered into asset prices, but the Dollar may find a bit of residual support once the “ayes” are counted.
Optimism over ECB’s Growth and Inflation Forecasts Could Give Euro a Lift.
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Fundamental Forecast for EUR/USD: Neutral.
- Futures positioning remains a major impediment for the Euro, with net-long positioning still near its 2017 high and its highest level since May 2011.
- The ECB will release new staff economic projections (SEP) on Thursday, in which there is a strong possibility that more optimistic growth and inflation forecasts are unveiled.
- The IG Client Sentiment Index suggests mixed conditions for EUR/USD in the coming five days.
The Euro finished in the middle of the pack last week, no surprise given that the Euro-Zone calendar was dry and thus exogenous influences – progress in both the Brexit negotiations and the US tax reform bill – proved to be the key driver; EUR/USD dropped by -1.04%, while EUR/GBP shed -0.39%.
While these thematic influences will remain in the news wires in the coming days, the Euro brings its own event risk to the coming week that should prove plenty market moving. The calendar is dotted with a few data releases that will generate small amounts of volatility in the coming days (on Monday, Euro-Zone and German ZEW; on Thursday, preliminary December PMIs), but the ringer this week is the European Central Bank meeting on Thursday.
Coming into the meeting, the Euro has firm fundamentals supporting it. Economic data momentum eased further last week, but remains near multi-year highs, with the Euro-Zone Citi Economic Surprise Index finishing Friday at +60.1, down from +70.3 the week prior but still higher than +58.9 a month ago. The final PMI readings for November showed that growth momentum in the region is at its strongest level since 2011.
Elsewhere, t he 5-year, 5-year inflation swap forwards, one of ECB President Draghi’s preferred g auges of price pressures, closed last week at 1.708 %, higher than the 1.700% reading a week earlier, and still higher than the 1.679 % reading a month ago. Given that Euro strength has sustained itself over the past few months, evidence that inflation expectations continue to trend higher should put to rest any near-term concerns that the ECB might have over tapering the pace of its asset purchases as the calendar turns into 2018.
As such, with the December policy meeting being one of the four meetings during the year that new staff economic projections (SEP) are released at, there is a strong possibility that the ECB revises its growth and inflation forecasts for 2018, and given where the aforementioned indicators stand, the risk is for a positive surprise – upside adjustments to both the GDP and CPI projections.
While the ECB seems to be following the Fed’s playbook (taper the QE program, allow some time at low rates without additional stimulus, then raise rates after a small adjustment period), implicitly, any upwards revision to the SEP will bring with it speculation that the ECB may taper their QE program faster than currently outlined, highlighting the potential for a rate hike to transpire sooner than what the market is currently pricing in (the second half of 2019 at the earliest).
It’s important to handicap our expectations of an optimistic ECB translating into a stronger Euro given where market positioning stands , as the Euro long trade in the futures market remains crowded. According to the CFTC’s la test COT report, there were 93.1 K net-long contracts held by speculators for the week ended December 5, near the highest level since the week ended May 3, 2011 (when EUR/USD peaked just below 1.5000).
--- Written by Christopher Vecchio, CFA, Senior Currency Strategist.
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BoJ Discusses Reversal Rate as The Quest Continues Towards the Elusive 2%
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Fundamental Forecast for JPY: Bearish.
Next week brings the final Bank of Japan rate decision for 2017. It’s been a rather quiet year for the BoJ, all factors considered; and quite the respite from the past few years when their very own policies were very much in the spotlight. Last year saw the stealth move to negative rates in January , catching many by surprise and leading to a troubling five-month period that saw USD/JPY drop all the way from above 121.50 to below 100.00. The oncoming ‘reflation trade’ that started around the U. S. Presidential Election in November pushed prices back towards that 120.00 level, falling just short as a double-top was set at 118.67 in December/January. After a pullback in the first quarter of the year, USD/JPY sank into a range that’s lasted ever since, now going on for seven full months.
USD/JPY Has Spent the Bulk of 2017 in a Range-Bound Fashion.
The big item of pertinence circling around the Bank of Japan, and likely to be on full display next week is the bank’s outlook towards stimulus. The stimulus program that came into markets around the election of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has continued to drive into Japanese markets going on five years now. And while inflation initially showed a promising response, eclipsing the BoJ’s 2% target temporarily in 2014; those hopes have fizzled in the years since as the Japanese economy has moved back towards the deflationary cycle that defined the economy for much of the past thirty years.
For the past year, inflation has remained between .2 and .7% in Japan , and this is with an outsized stimulus program in effect. After four consecutive months at .4% this summer, a quick visit to .7% in August and September led into a drop back-down to .2% in October. So, it would appear that we remain very, very far away from attaining the BoJ’s goal, with little hope in the immediate sights.
In September, we started to hear machinations around a potential increase in stimulus . This is when incoming BoJ member, Gouishi Kataoka, dissented at the BoJ’s rate decision. Dissent within the BoJ isn’t necessarily new, as we regularly heard prior board members Takahide Kuichi and Takehiro Sato dissent at meetings in the past. But their dissent was largely looking for an end to stimulus, or at least less of it; and the thought was that we’d seen more unanimity when their terms ended in July of this year. But, with Mr. Kataoka coming into the BoJ in July, the dissent continued, and this time in the opposite direction as the proposition was to see even more stimulus in the effort of driving the Japanese economy towards the 2% inflation target.
This theme saw a twist last month. BoJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda mentioned the ‘reversal rate’ in a speech, and questions began to populate as to whether the head of the BoJ was dropping hints towards an eventual stimulus exit. Reversal rate is the rate at which rate cuts become detrimental for an economy, and given how loose policy has been for so long in Japan, this could be denoting a higher bar for future stimulus endeavors. This was initially interpreted as Gov. Kuroda noting that additional rate cuts may actually do damage to the Japanese economy, and this put market participants on high alert for a potential announcement moving the bank away from their gargantuan stimulus program in the coming months. But – in a clarification after the fact, we learned that ‘reversal rate’ entered the conversation at the prompting of Mr. Kataoka, in order to flag risks around additional easing; and now it seems as though this inclusion of the term ‘reversal rate’ is actually in order to lay the groundwork for even more stimulus in the future.
The BoJ appears committed here, and given the Japanese economy’s continued struggle to attain the elusive 2% inflation target, it would appear as though we’re nowhere near the conversation of stimulus exit.
The forecast for the Japanese Yen will be set to bearish for the week ahead.
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GBP Set to Rally as Preliminary Brexit Shackle is Removed.
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Brexit shackle removed but trade talks will be long and complex. Next week’s economic calendar is full of potential market moving events. Double head and shoulders broken, EUR/GBP heading south.
Fundamental Forecast for GBP: Bullish.
We have turned bullish on GBP, especially against EUR after Friday’s announcement that the EU will recommend that the second phase of Brexit talks can start. Removing this fundamental block should allow GBP to drift higher against the EUR in the medium-term, especially as the ECB has no intentions of moving rates higher in 2018 with inflation at its current lowly rate.
We would take care with any EUR/GBP short position next week however as the economic calendar is packed with central bank meetings and market moving data. UK monetary policy will remain unchanged when the Bank of England meet on Thursday December 14 but commentary from Governor Mark Carney may suggest that inflation in the UK is still far too high, prompting thoughts of another 0.25% rate hike in H1 2018. We will get a look at the latest UK inflation data on Tuesday December 12 at 09:30am and updated wages and employment numbers are released at the same time on Wednesday December 13.
A look at the chart below shows EUR/GBP has completed a pair of head and shoulder formations since late September and with the neckline broken, the downside beckons for the pair. Fibonacci retracement at 0.86920 has already been touched and will be broken soon, leading to the 76.4% retracement level at 0.85480. Furthermore, the pair are trading below all three ema bands, while the stochastic indicator points lower.
Chart: EUR/GBP Daily Time Frame ( April – December 8 , 2017)
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--- Written by Nick Cawley, Analyst.
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Gold Prices Off Key Support - FOMC Rally Eyes Initial Resistance Hurdles.
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Fundamental Forecast for Gold: Neutral.
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Gold prices snapped a three-week losing streak with the precious metal up 0.44% to trade at 1253 ahead of the New York close on Friday. The advance comes on the heels of the FOMC policy meeting and amid continued strength risk markets with the all three major U. S. equity indices poised to close higher on the week.
The FOMC raised interest rates by 25bps as expected this week with the updated quarterly projections showing an upwardly revised print on forecasts for both GDP and employment (unemployment down to 3.9% from 4%). Interestingly enough, expectations for the Core Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) remained unchanged at 1.9%, just shy of the central bank’s 2% inflation target.
This suggests that while growth prospects remain firm, the central bank continues to expect subdued underlying price growth to carry over into next year. With inflation remaining the laggard of the Fed’s dual mandate of price stability and full employment, the committee will likely be in no hurry to aggressively hike rates next - a positive for the yellow metal. Heading into next week, the focus is on a break of a key range between 1240-1267 as we look for further signs of basing in gold prices.
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A summary of IG Client Sentiment shows traders are net-long Gold - the ratio stands at +4.33 (81.3% of traders are long)- bearish reading Long positions are 1.6% lower than yesterday and 0.4% higher from last week Short positions are 6.9% lower than yesterday and 14.7% lower from last week We typically take a contrarian view to crowd sentiment, and the fact traders are net-long suggests Spot Gold prices may continue to fall. Traders are further net-long than yesterday and last week, and the combination of current sentiment and recent changes gives us a stronger Spot Gold-bearish contrarian trading bias .
Last week we noted that gold prices had, “approached a key support confluence highlighted in our 4Q Gold Forecast at 1240/43 . This region is defined by the 61.8% extension of the decline off the yearly highs and the 50% retracement of the December advance with the long-term 200-week moving average converging on up-slope support just lower… Bottom line: from a trading standpoint I’d be looking for either evidence of an exhaustion low into this support zone OR a breach above yearly trendline resistance before tempting long exposure here heading into the Fed next week.”
Gold registered a low of 1236 before reversing higher with the advance now eying initial resistance at 1263/67 – a critical pivot zone. Subsequent topside objectives are eyed at 1285 (slope resistance / 100-day moving average) with a breach / close above 1295 would be needed to mark resumption of the broader uptrend. Such a scenario sees targets at the 2017 high-day close at 1346 backed by 1355 and the 2016 high close at 1366 .
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A closer look at near-term price action further highlights this support zone and heading into next week, the focus remains higher against this key threshold. A break below this threshold would shift the focus lower targeting 1219 & critical support / bullish invalidation at 1204/09 (an area of interest for exhaustion / long-entries IF reached).
Bottom line: We’ll be looking for further evidence that a near-term low may be in place. From a trading standpoint, our outlook remains weighted to the topside for now while above 1240.
---Written by Michael Boutros, Currency Strategist with DailyFX.
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USD/CAD Resilience Vulnerable to Strong Canada Inflation Figures.
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Fundamental Forecast for Canadian Dollar: Neutral.
USD/CAD trades near the monthly-high (1.2902) as the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) appears to be on course to further normalize monetary policy in 2018, but a marked pickup in Canada’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) may rattle the near-term resilience in the exchange rate as it puts pressure on the Bank of Canada (BoC) to follow a similar path to its U. S. counterpart.
Fresh forecasts from Fed officials suggest the central bank will stay on its current course of delivering three rate-hikes per year, and the hiking-cycle may prop up USD/CAD over the near-term especially as the BoC endorses a wait-and-see approach for monetary policy.
With Fed Fund Futures showing budding expectations for a March rate-hike, the pair stands at risk for a more meaningful recovery going into the end of 2017, but key data prints coming out of Canada may spark a bearish reaction in the dollar-loonie exchange rate as the headline reading for inflation is expected to climb to an annualized 2.0% from 1.4% in October.
The threat for above-target inflation may heighten the appeal of the Canadian dollar its raises the risk of seeing Governor Stephen Poloz and Co. adopt a more hawkish tone in 2018, and the central bank may increase its efforts to prepare Canadian households and businesses for higher borrowing-costs as officials note ‘ higher interest rates will likely be required over time .’ On the other hand, a below-forecast CPI print may fuel the near-term resilience in USD/CAD as it raises the BoC’s scope to retain the current policy for the foreseeable future. Interested in having a broader discussion on current market themes? Sign up and join DailyFX Currency Analyst David Song LIVE for an opportunity to discuss potential trade setups!
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Near-term outlook for USD/CAD remains clouded with mixed signals as the pair marks a failed attempt to test the monthly-high (1.2902), with the pair stuck in a narrow range as the 1.2620 (50% retracement) region offers support. Keep in mind, the Relative Strength Index (RSI) highlights a similar dynamic as it struggles to push back into overbought territory, but the broader outlook remains supportive as the oscillator preserves the bullish formation carried over from August.
With that said, topside targets remain on the radar for USD/CAD, with a break of the near-term range raising the risk for a move back towards the 1.2980 (61.8% retracement) to 1.3030 (50% expansion) region. Want to learn more about popular trading indicators and tools such as the RSI? Download and review the FREE DailyFX Advanced Trading Guides !
Australian Dollar May Have Risen As Far As It’s Going This Year.
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Fundamental Australian Dollar Forecast: Neutral.
The Australian Dollar got a boost from the general US Dollar weakness engendered by the Fed Then blockbuster local data helped the bulls cause even more This week won’t offer them similar opportunities however.
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The Australian Dollar was borne aloft last week by updrafts foreign and domestic.
It was helped by the general US Dollar weakness which followed Wednesday’s monetary policy call from the Federal Reserve. While the Fed was far from dovish, it did stick with its central prescription of three interest rate hikes in 2018. Rightly or wrongly there were clearly those who wanted to hear of more and the greenback struggled when they didn’t.
But that wasn’t the Aussie Dollar’s only prop. Australian data came charging home in very sprightly fashion too. Consumer confidence hit four-year highs according to a monthly snapshot from major lender Westpac . Then came news that the Australian economy added more than 61,000 jobs in November, blowing expectations for an already chunky 19,000 clean away. This was the strongest monthly showing since October 2015, with full-time employment growing encouragingly.
Given all of the above, it’s no wonder that the Aussie rose.
But what of the coming week? Well, it will contain the last trading sessions before markets head into the Christmas break. This could make for thinner trading and exaggerated moves. It may also be that investors will rethink that immediate Fed reaction, re-learn the clear fact that the US central bank remains the most hawkish developed-market monetary authority by a country mile and buy the Dollar back a bit.
It’s certainly much more hawkish than the Reserve Bank of Australia.
Don’t forget that that last US rate hike finally eroded the Australian Dollar’s long-held yield advantage over the greenback, putting the upper limit of the Fed funds target band at 1.50%- the same as Australia’s record-low official cash rate. The Fed may only be set to hike rates three times in the coming year, but that’s still three more times than the RBA will do so, according to current futures-market pricing.
The USD side of AUD/USD is all too likely to dominate but much may depend on the week’s most significant Australian news release, the RBA’s policy meeting minutes from December 5. In recent pronouncements the central bank has seemed a bit less worried about inflation’s weakness and a bit less inclined to worry aloud about the baleful effects of Australian Dollar strength on its inflation-targeting mandate.
To be sure it still mentions both, but not with the urgency it once did. If the minutes show it in similarly relaxed frame of mind about both, the Australian Dollar could score some more gains, but overall a more neutral tone is probably likely for AUD/USD.
--- Written by David Cottle, DailyFX Research.
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The New Zealand Dollar and The Tides of Change Ahead of the RBNZ.
Price action and Macro.
Fundamental Forecast for NZD: Bearish.
The New Zealand Dollar spent much of this week clawing back losses that had very much dominated the currency’s price action over the past few weeks. Bigger picture, we can really draw back to July to focus in on when the pain really started to show for the Kiwi. This is when NZD/USD was trading over the psychological level of .7500, and this came on the heels of an aggressive rally that took two-and-a-half months to build-in over 700 pips on the pair. But in the three months since, the entirety of those gains have been eradicated. This bearish move in the New Zealand Dollar saw another fresh wave of selling on last month’s news around New Zealand elections, and after catching a bounce at the 2017 low last week, prices spent most of this week trudging-higher.
NZD/USD Daily: Corrective Gains for the Kiwi After Last Week’s Bounce at 2017 Low.
After newly-installed Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s Labour party crafted a coalition with the NZ First Parties, a blip of strength had temporarily showed-up in the Kiwi spot rate . This was very much driven by the prospect of an increase in the minimum wage; with the hope being that higher wages as brought upon by legislation could force stronger rates of inflation which, eventually, can put the Reserve Bank of New Zealand in a spot where they have to hike rates. But – that strength was short-lived, as Ms. Ardern is also promoting a modification to the Reserve Bank Act, and this can radically change the way that the RBNZ does business.
The proposed change would make the RBNZ also accountable for full-employment . This would be the incorporation of an additional mandate, on top of the RBNZ’s current focus of inflation. The change would effectively put the RBNZ in a spot where they have to try to balance the forces of inflation and employment, similar to the Federal Reserve utilizing a dual mandate versus the single mandate of Central Banks like the ECB. This is also happening while lawmakers consider an additional committee to manage the cash rate, and this invites a whole host of uncertainty around the future of the Kiwi-Dollar spot rate, along with that of the RBNZ itself.
On top of all of that potential change, next week sees Interim RBNZ Governor Grant Spencer conduct his first full monetary policy statement, and this also happens to be the first RBNZ rate decision under the new Labour-led government. There are no expectations for any moves on rates, and for the next expected adjustment, markets are currently looking out to Q4 of 2018 for a potential hike. The one possible area for change at next week’s rate decision is an adjustment to inflation expectations in order to account for the weaker currency. In Graeme Wheeler’s final press conference as the head of the bank in August, the RBNZ said that they anticipate rates staying on hold until at least September of 2019. Since then, we’ve seen inflation come-in at 1.9% versus the RBNZ’s projection of 1.6%, and the additional slide in NZD will likely necessitate a small adjustment for forward-looking inflation figures.
While stronger rates of inflation could eventually drive rates-higher, the prospect of change within the Reserve Bank Act will likely continue to dampen demand for NZD, at least in the near-term, as the rest of the world becomes more familiar with what a Jacinda Ardern-led New Zealand will end up looking like. The one thing that does appear certain is that Ms. Ardern is not satisfied with business as usual, and this can lead to further change. Markets, generally speaking, abhor change as this presents risk; and while the potential around those changes remain uncertain, we will likely see some element of risk aversion until market participants can gain more clarity. The forecast for next week will be set to bearish on the New Zealand Dollar.
--- Written by James Stanley , Strategist for DailyFX.
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