AUD/USD: Biased back towards the 0.55 handle – Westpac
|AUD/USD is set to remain prey to global risk sentiment, occasionally probing above 0.60 but overall biased back towards the 0.55 handle multi-week, according to analysts at Westpac Institutional Bank.
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“Our Economics team has slashed its Q2 GDP forecast to -3.5%qtr then -0.3%qtr in Q3, sending the unemployment rate soaring to 11%. However this grim outlook doesn’t necessarily mean fresh weight on AUD/USD.”
“AUD/USD is likely to remain prey to global risk sentiment, which means occasional squeezes to 0.60 or above but underlying fragility that leaves open a return to the 0.55 handle on renewed waves of risk aversion and/or USD funding strains.”
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