Apart from a small uptick early Monday off the open by the English Pound (GBP) to 0.4860 (2.0580), the New Zealand Dollar (NZD) has extended long term momentum reaching 0.4890 (2.0460) into Tuesday. The big picture uptrend from 6 weeks ago cleared resistance at 0.4875 (2.0520) which could imply the kiwi could carve out a longer-term uptrend however a push past 0.4905 (2.0380) could be tough.
Current Level: 0.4883
Resistance: 0.5000
Support: 0.4630
Last Weeks Range: 0.4762 – 0.4881
The New Zealand Dollar (NZD) extended last week’s push higher against the Australian Dollar (AUD) to 0.9295 (1.0760) clocking a fresh 7 week high in the pair. The breakout from the bear channel through 0.9210 (1.0860) made for a much larger correction move by the kiwi. Resistance is seen at 0.9320 (1.0730) the May high which we expect to hold over the week.
Current Level: 1.0759
Resistance: 1.0900
Support: 1.0720
Last Weeks Range: 1.0787 – 1.0905
The New Zealand Dollar (NZD) extended last week’s push higher against the Australian Dollar (AUD) to 0.9295 (1.0760) clocking a fresh 7 week high in the pair. The breakout from the bear channel through 0.9210 (1.0860) made for a much larger correction move by the kiwi. Resistance is seen at 0.9320 (1.0730) the May high which we expect to hold over the week.
Current Level: 0.9282
Resistance: 0.9330
Support: 0.9175
Last Weeks Range: 0.9170 – 0.9270
The NZD is still finding its feet early in the week just below pivotal 0.6000 around 0.5960 after dipping to 0.5740 early Monday against the US Dollar (USD). A push through 0.5980 and a retest of 0.6000 following the momentum trend reversal from early Septembers 0.5860 makes the cross well supported to the topside for now.
Current Level: 0.5964
Resistance: 0.6200
Support: 0.5860
Last Weeks Range: 0.5893 – 0.5987
The Australian Dollar (AUD) reached 0.6500 midweek against the US Dollar (USD) but couldn’t hold this level, falling back sharply to 0.6400 on the Fed announcement. The Federal Reserve held the cash rate at 5.5% Thursday as predicted but signalled they were prepared to hike again one more time in 2023 to stabilise rising inflation. It often takes many months to see the full effects of a slowing economy. Fed chair Powell said a slower pace of hikes would give them more time to see how the economy responds. Pivoting around the 0.6400 area Friday we see a possible retest of the recent low at 0.6360 over the coming couple of weeks.
The current interbank midrate is: AUDUSD 0.6403
The interbank range this week has been: AUDUSD 0.6385- 0.6511
US Dollar (USD) weakness moved the New Zealand Dollar (NZD) to 0.5980 midweek before reversing profits to 0.5900 levels. The Federal Reserve held their cash rate at 5.50% with prospects of another hike later this year as the economy expands at a decent pace. Recent months of positive incoming data has the Fed on high inflation alert. New Zealand grew by a staggering 0.9% in the quarter ending June 2023 yanking the economy out of a technical recession after stalling in the last 2 quarters. The RBNZ will now have work to do determining if they will need to raise rates again to deflate the economy if they deem it to be running above capacity. They will be concerned around rising inflation and wage growth. Forecasts are still for a slow recovery in 2024 and 2025 before things return to normal in late 2025. We expect the kiwi to remain under pressure over the next week.
The current interbank midrate is: NZDUSD 0.5919
The interbank range this week has been: NZDUSD 0.5894- 0.5985
The New Zealand Dollar (NZD) broke out from the long-term bear channel Wednesday against the Australian Dollar (AUD) passing 0.9210 (1.0860) on its way to clock 0.9270 (1.0790) early morning Friday. The RBA meeting minutes considered a 25-point hike at their September meeting but chose to hold based on risks the economy could slow considerably more than forecasts. NZ Growth published at an unbelievable 0.9% for the second quarter of 2023 after forecasts were for a 0.4% number. This will certainly have the RBNZ thinking on whether the economy is “deflationary” enough to not need to hike rates again. Australian 3rd quarter CPI publishes next week expected to come in under 6.0%
The current interbank midrate is:NZDAUD 0.9243 AUDNZD 1.0810
The interbank range this week has been: NZDAUD 0.9164- 0.9251 AUDNZD 1.0810- 1.0912
The Australian Dollar (AUD) lost momentum towards week’s end pulling back from 0.6080 (1.6450) to 0.6035 (1.6570) , prices into Tuesday extended lower to 0.6025 (1.6600) as the Euro (EUR) took charge post last week’s ECB hike. Focus now lies with the time the ECB may hold rates at 4.50% with projections they were going to deliver cuts next year. Although economic considerations have fallen short the underlying labour markets remain robust. Lagarde speaks Thursday before French and German manufacturing. We may see the EUR continue to push higher this week across the board.
Current Level: 1.6603
Resistance: 1.7000
Support: 1.6350
Last Weeks Range: 1.6453 – 1.6795
The Australian Dollar (AUD) lost momentum towards week’s end pulling back from 0.6080 (1.6450) to 0.6035 (1.6570) , prices into Tuesday extended lower to 0.6025 (1.6600) as the Euro (EUR) took charge post last week’s ECB hike. Focus now lies with the time the ECB may hold rates at 4.50% with projections they were going to deliver cuts next year. Although economic considerations have fallen short the underlying labour markets remain robust. Lagarde speaks Thursday before French and German manufacturing. We may see the EUR continue to push higher this week across the board.
Current Level: 0.6023
Resistance: 0.6115
Support: 0.5880
Last Weeks Range: 0.5954- 0.6077