Week Ahead: highlights include China trade and inflation, RBA, UK GDP

MON: FOMC SLOOS, BoJ Minutes (Sep), BoC Market Participants Survey; Japanese Jibun Final Composite/Services PMIs (Oct), German Industrial Orders (Sep), EZ Final Construction/Services PMIs (Oct), UK Final Construction PMI (Oct), US Employment Trends (Oct). TUE: RBA Policy Announcement, EIA STEO; Chinese Trade Balance (Oct), EZ Producer Prices (Sep), US International Trade (Sep), Canadian Trade Balance

Aussie Dollar Reacts Positively to RBA Minutes

AUD/USD ANALYSIS & TALKING POINTS RBA minutes and stronger iron ore prices back AUD. US retail sales and Fed speak the focal point for today’s session. AUD recovery cannot be labeled as a reversal just yet. Elevate your trading skills and gain a competitive edge. Get your hands on the Australian dollar Q4 outlook today

Monetary policy is slowing the growth of demand and inflation

Share: The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Assistant Governor (Financial Markets), Christopher Kent, did not sound keen on further rate hikes and said that monetary policy is slowing the growth of demand, and inflation. Additional Quotes via Reuters: Policy lags mean some further effects of past rate hikes are still to be felt

Struggles to sustain above 0.6400

Share: AUD/USD faces selling pressure above 0.6400 as IMF warned decline in global output due to Middle East tensions. The USD Index drifted lower swiftly to near 106.00 as Fed policymakers supported keeping interest rates steady. AUD/USD trades in a Rising channel in which each pullback is considered as a buying opportunity. The