Market Brief
Chinese GDP grew 7.3% y/y in Q3, slightly beating 7.2% expected (vs. 7.5% in Q2). The retail sales and fixed assets (ex-rural) expanded at marginally slower pace, while the industrial production accelerated 8.0% on year to September (vs. 7.5% exp. & 6.9% last). The economic data was overall supportive of Yuan longs. USD/CNY retreated to 6.1195 (below 6.12 for the first time since March 7th), decent option barriers trail up from 6.1150/6.1250 to 6.18 for today expiry and should cap the upside attempts. Despite better-than-expected data, the World Bank CEO Sri Mulyani urges structural reforms in China to maintain growth at 7.0%.
AUD and NZD were better bid on good Chinese news. NZD/USD cleared 0.80 offers for the first time over a month and rallied to 0.8034. Trend and momentum indicators are comfortably bullish. We see room for further upside correction. Resistance is seen at 0.8052 (former year-low) then 0.8134/40 (50-dma/Fib 38.2% on Jul-Oct sell-off). Option bids are building at 0.7950/0.8000 to give support to bullish try. AUD/USD traded ranged, the enthusiasm on Chinese data was partially tempered by RBA minutes, re-insisting on moderate improvement in labor market, over-valued AUD and the importance of rate stability. On falling commodity prices, the RBA said most Australian iron ore mines remain profitable despite low prices, while the softer Chinese property markets continue weighing on steel demand. The AUD/USD rallies find sellers; offers are seen pre-0.8900.
USD/JPY and JPY crosses were mostly offered in Tokyo, as Nikkei stocks pared yesterday gains (-2.03%). USD/JPY traded down to 106.25 (crossing below the Ichimoku tenkan line), technicals remain solidly negative suggesting the extension of weakness towards the daily Ichimoku cloud cover (104.23/105.39). Weak US yields are supportive of lower USD/JPY. US 10-years retreated to 2.1337% in Asia.
EUR/USD advanced to 1.2835 in Asia on risk-on flows. However the sentiment in EUR/USD remains fragile. Eurostat publishes the Euro-zone’s government debt ratio in 2013 (as % GDP). In 2012, the total EZ government debt reached 92.60% of the GDP (vs. 66.2% in 2007). The release may revive discussions on whether the EZ countries should further tighten their belts - a scenario Draghi is not favorable for.
The risk-on environment pushed GBP/USD above the 21-dma (1.6148). Despite strengthening momentum, GBP-bulls remain sidelined before BoE minutes due tomorrow, expectations are somewhat dovish. Option barriers are placed at 1.6175/1.6200 for today expiry.
The economic calendar of the day: Swiss September Trade Balance, Exports & Imports m/m, Swiss September M3 Money Supply y/y, UK September Public Finances, Euro-zone 2013 government debt-to-GDP ratio, US September Existing Home Sales m/m.
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