6 Jun 2014
AUD/USD back to the start again
FXStreet (Guatemala) - AUD/USD> is trading at 0.9326, down -0.14% on the day, having posted a daily high at 0.9360 and low at 0.9319.
AUD/USD is back into Asia levels where FX ranges were vey narrow as traders awaited the events in the US session in the jobs data. The US non-farm payrolls rose by 217k in May, very close to consensus. Still, this is a bit of a relief, according to Teunis Brosens, analyst at ING Bank NV, as earlier indicators this week on balance pointed towards some downward risk. “This is the fourth month in a row with job growth above 200k. This includes the winter bounce back, however. Average job growth over the past 6 months is 192k, which is a continuation of the trend growth seen since early 2011. A major hallmark today is that the total number of jobs finally rose above the pre-crisis peak of 138.4m jobs reached in January 2008”…. "In total, this is a solid report showing the continuing gradual improvement of the US labour market”. However, he added that there simply is no evidence of wage inflation yet. “Consequently, we see little likelihood that the Fed will deviate from their established $10bn per meeting taper pace at the upcoming FOMC-meeting (18-19 June)”.
AUD/USD next week
In respect of the week ahead for Australian, strategists at TD Securities noted the following highlights: “May Business Confidence and Conditions will be keenly watched to gauge whether sentiment has shifted significantly following the Federal Budget and after last week’s poor Building Approvals data, Apr Home loan data takes on more importance, both data releases out on Tues. Westpac Consumer Confidence for Jun is out on Wed followed by the May Jobs report on Thurs”.
AUD/USD Levels
Spot is presently trading at 0.9327, and next resistance can be seen at 0.9332 (Hourly 20 EMA), 0.9340 (Weekly High), 0.9341 (Daily Open), 0.9348 (Yesterday's High) and 0.9357 (Weekly Classic R1). Next support to the downside can be found at 0.9319 (Daily Low), 0.9315 (Daily Classic PP), 0.9288 (Daily 20 SMA), 0.9284 (Weekly Classic PP) and 0.9283 (Hourly 100 SMA).
AUD/USD is back into Asia levels where FX ranges were vey narrow as traders awaited the events in the US session in the jobs data. The US non-farm payrolls rose by 217k in May, very close to consensus. Still, this is a bit of a relief, according to Teunis Brosens, analyst at ING Bank NV, as earlier indicators this week on balance pointed towards some downward risk. “This is the fourth month in a row with job growth above 200k. This includes the winter bounce back, however. Average job growth over the past 6 months is 192k, which is a continuation of the trend growth seen since early 2011. A major hallmark today is that the total number of jobs finally rose above the pre-crisis peak of 138.4m jobs reached in January 2008”…. "In total, this is a solid report showing the continuing gradual improvement of the US labour market”. However, he added that there simply is no evidence of wage inflation yet. “Consequently, we see little likelihood that the Fed will deviate from their established $10bn per meeting taper pace at the upcoming FOMC-meeting (18-19 June)”.
AUD/USD next week
In respect of the week ahead for Australian, strategists at TD Securities noted the following highlights: “May Business Confidence and Conditions will be keenly watched to gauge whether sentiment has shifted significantly following the Federal Budget and after last week’s poor Building Approvals data, Apr Home loan data takes on more importance, both data releases out on Tues. Westpac Consumer Confidence for Jun is out on Wed followed by the May Jobs report on Thurs”.
AUD/USD Levels
Spot is presently trading at 0.9327, and next resistance can be seen at 0.9332 (Hourly 20 EMA), 0.9340 (Weekly High), 0.9341 (Daily Open), 0.9348 (Yesterday's High) and 0.9357 (Weekly Classic R1). Next support to the downside can be found at 0.9319 (Daily Low), 0.9315 (Daily Classic PP), 0.9288 (Daily 20 SMA), 0.9284 (Weekly Classic PP) and 0.9283 (Hourly 100 SMA).