Westpac forecasts for AUD/USD revised down, USD supported by higher Fed

Westpac note on the Fed, China, and the Australian dollar. The US economy and the equity market have proved much more resilient to the FOMC’s tightening cycle than earlier anticipated. Our expectation for (US) inflation … 6–month annualised inflation back at 2.0% by end–2023 and the annual rate around 2.0%yr by mid–2024. It is the

Bears threatens the 100-day SMA amid USD strength

Share: XAG/USD peaked at a daily high of $24.80 then settled near the $24.15 area. US NFPs and PMI figures from August beat expectations. Still, wages decelerated, and Unemployment rose. The USD strength drove the grey metal downwards. At the end of the week, the XAG/USD closed with losses but managed to hold some

AUD/USD declines to 0.6450 as the USD recovers

Share: AUD/USD retreated below the 20-day SMA towards 0.6450. The August NFP report from the US sent mixed signals from the US labour market. The Greenback benefited from higher-than-expected ISM PMIs. In Friday’s session, the USD initially dropped and found support at the 20-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) of 103.30 but then managed

Mixed NFP and Lower Yields Weigh on USD, RBA & Boc up Next

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Treasuries & Stocks Rally on Jobs Data, USD Tumbled

Treasury yields and the Dollar tumbled while equity futures rallied on the August jobs report that showed more cooling than expected. This report was close to Goldilocks with slowing in employment with a 2023 average monthly gain of 236k versus 399k for 2022. The unemployment rate jumped, due to a big surge in the labor

Payrolls Rise by 187K, Setting Gold and USD on Opposite Paths

AUGUST LABOR MARKET REPORT August U.S. nonfarm payrolls increase by 187,000 versus 170,000 expected The unemployment rate rises to 3.8%, as the participation rate ticks up to 62.8% from 62.6% Average hourly earnings rise 0.2 % m-o-m and 4.3% y-o-y, one-tenth of a percent below estimates in both cases Trade Smarter – Sign up for

Another USD rally is unlikely today – ING

Share: The Dollar has strengthened into the Jackson Hole Symposium and economists at ING think a hawkish tone by Fed Chair Powell is now largely priced in Powell’s hawkishness looks largely in the price The recent firmness in the Dollar probably factors in some of the markets’ expectations for a hawkish tone by