NZD/AUD: Unclear whether last week’s rally will extend further - Westpac
|Imre Speizer, Research Analyst at Westpac, suggests that its unclear whether last week’s rally of NZD/AUD cross to around 0.9400 will extend further.
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“Much of the rise was to do with the jittery global mood, but these tensions have started to ease, with North Korea’s holidays featuring only a failed missile launch and the usual parades, and the French election first round favouring pro-EU centrist Macron.”
“This leaves AU Q1 CPI on Wed to dominate the week. As the shock weakness of Q1 16 drops out, at the very least we should see a jump in annual inflation.”
“The domestic story argues against fresh AUD shorts with the narrative around CPI likely to be mostly about the return to >2%, helping RBA OIS pricing edge back towards flat (from recent 20% pricing for a 2017 rate cut). Iron ore’s slide is also likely overdone.”
“3 months ahead: While fair value for this cross is around 0.88, we don’t expect to see that anytime soon. It would take a sharp rebound in iron ore or coal prices, and a calmer geopolitical environment, to see a resumption of the Feb/Mar decline to around 0.90.”
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