The New Zealand Dollar (NZD) traded to a 10-week high of 0.9260 (1.0800) against the Australian Dolar (AUD) Thursday but was unable to hold the level falling back to 0.9225 (1.0840) in early Friday. Aussie CPI released at 3.6% y/y up from 3.4% confirming interest rates won’t be hiked, rather cuts have been pushed out. Pressure remains to the downside after stalling out bang on the 50% fib level between the high of 0.9460 (1.0570) and low of 0.9075 (1.1020). The New Zealand 2024 budget to June 2024 is in deficit of 13.4B, returning to a surplus of 1.5B in the 2027-28 years. Downwardly revised GDP growth points to rising unemployment tipped to spike around 5.2%. We are picking the cross to revisit the support at 0.9175 (1.0900) in the coming days.
The current interbank midrate is: NZDAUD 0.9225 AUDNZD 1.0830
The interbank range this week has been: NZDAUD 0.9218- 0.9261 AUDNZD 1.0797- 1.0848