AUD/NZD to slide towards the 1.12 level – OCBC
|AUD/NZD continued to trade with a heavy downside bias amid growing policy divergence between the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. Economists at OCBC Bank maintain a short bias targeting 1.12.
Risks remained skewed to the downside
“RBNZ’s accompanying MPS was slightly more hawkish than expected as it noted that the MPC considered 50, 75 bps at this meeting; core CPI is ‘too high’ and lower NZD if sustained poses further upside risk to CPI.”
“We maintain our tactical short play on AUD/NZD, targeting 1.12, 1.1050 objectives.”
“Daily momentum is bearish while RSI fell. Risks remained skewed to the downside.”
“Support at 1.1240, 1.1210 levels.”
“Resistance at 1.1305 (21 DMA), 1.1380 levels.”
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