Not a lot of top-tier news from Australia this week, but it doesn’t mean that we won’t see volatility.
I’ve listed the economic themes that you have to pay attention to.
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RBA’s meeting minutes (May 19, 1:30 am GMT)
- The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) maintained its interest rates at 0.25% as expected in May
- RBA members see GDP at 6% in 2020, with unemployment rate remaining at 7.5% through 2021
Leading indices
- While they won’t dictate intraweek trends, we could see a blip or two during their releases
- Conference Board’s leading index (May 19, 2:30 pm GMT) printed at -0.4% in February
- Melbourne Institute’s leading index (May 20, 12:30 am GMT) worsened from -0.4% to -0.8% in March
Markit’s PMIs (May 20, 11:00 pm GMT)
- Manufacturing PMI worsened from 49.7 to 44.1 in April
- Services, which was hit “a lot harder” than manufacturing, plummeted from 38.5 to 19.6 in April
Overall risk sentiment
- As a “high-yielding” bet, the Aussie can benefit from risk-friendly trading environment
- PMI reports from other major economies (U.S., Euro Zone, U.K., Japan) are expected to mirror China’s “recovery” after easing lockdown measures
- Updates on reopening of major economies can continue to provide support for risk-taking
- Headlines on the escalating U.S.-China trade war can keep traders from buying AUD this week
Technical snapshot
- RSI is flagging AUD’s “overbought” conditions against NZD on the daily time frame
- AUD is on bullish trends against GBP, NZD, and CAD
- Watch out for retracements or reversals on AUD/USD and AUD/JPY’s daily charts
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- AUD was most volatile against JPY, USD, CHF, and EUR in the last seven days
Missed last week’s price action? Read AUD’s price recap for May 11 – 15!
