• AUD/USD trades flat at 0.6375 as Australia posts a trade surplus of A$8 billion in July, missing estimates and sparking risk-off sentiment.
  • US jobless claims of 216K beat estimates, reinforcing the Fed’s ‘higher for longer’ stance and putting downward pressure on AUD/USD.
  • Traders eye upcoming economic indicators from Australia and the US, including Westpac Consumer Confidence and US inflation figures.

The Aussie Dollar (AUD) pared its losses versus the US Dollar (USD) on Thursday after US economic data showed the US Federal Reserve (Fed) work is far from done, while weakness in China’s exports weighed the market mood. At the time of writing, the AUD/USD is trading at 0.6375, flat as Friday’s Asian session commences.

The Aussie Dollar remains flat against the US Dollar as strong US jobless claims and China’s export slowdown create a mixed trading environment

Australia’s economic docket showed that Imports surpassed Exports, but still, it showed a surplus on its Trade Balance of A$8 billion in July. Although the data is encouraging, missed estimates. That, alongside a weaker improvement of China’s exports, spurred a risk-off impulse that carried on throughout the whole trading day, with Wall Street finishing with losses, except for the Dow Jones, witnessing decent gains of 0.22%.

Aside from this, US economic data revealed by the US Department of Labor reinforced the Federal Reserve’s need to hold rates higher for longer, as said by its Chairman Jerome Powell. Unemployment claims for the last week rose by 216K, below estimates, while Continuing Claims gave signals that conditions are tightening.

The data bolstered the US Dollar (USD), which, as shown by the US Dollar Index, printed gains of 0.20%, standing near yearly highs above 105.000. Therefore, the AUD/USD was downward pressure near the 0.6350s area.

Meanwhile, US Treasury bond yields retreated somewhat, as money market futures slashed bets the US Federal Reserve would continue to tighten monetary policy, past the current Federal Funds Rate (FFR) at 5.25%-5.50%, Odds for a 25 bps rate hike in November, are at 43.4%.

Recently, Federal Reserve officials have kept their options open regarding deciding the forward path of monetary policy. John Williams from the New York Fed said that policy is “restrictive” but refrained from commenting on his decision. Of late, Chicago’s Fed President Austan Goolsbee said the Fed could reach the “golden path” where inflation falls but recession is avoided.

AUD/USD traders should be attentive to next week’s data. The Australian economic docket would feature the Westpac Consumer Confidence, NAB Business Confidence, and employment data. On the US front, inflation figures, Retail Sales, Industrial Production, unemployment claims and Consumer Sentiment would shed some light regarding the Fed’s future decision.

AUD/USD Price Analysis: Technical outlook

The daily chart portrays the pair subdued at around the year lows of 0.6357, printing back-to-back sessions of spinning tops, suggesting that neither buyers nor sellers are in charge. However, the trend remains downward, and if the AUD/USD drops below 0.6357, expect a challenge of the 0.6300 figure. Once cleared, the major would test the November 22 low of 0.6272. On the flip side, upside risks emerge above the September 6 high of 0.6405, with the next resistance at the September 5 high at 0.6464.

AUD/USD

Overview
Today last price 0.6378
Today Daily Change -0.0002
Today Daily Change % -0.03
Today daily open 0.638
 
Trends
Daily SMA20 0.6444
Daily SMA50 0.6591
Daily SMA100 0.6634
Daily SMA200 0.6717
 
Levels
Previous Daily High 0.6405
Previous Daily Low 0.6357
Previous Weekly High 0.6522
Previous Weekly Low 0.6401
Previous Monthly High 0.6724
Previous Monthly Low 0.6364
Daily Fibonacci 38.2% 0.6387
Daily Fibonacci 61.8% 0.6375
Daily Pivot Point S1 0.6356
Daily Pivot Point S2 0.6333
Daily Pivot Point S3 0.6309
Daily Pivot Point R1 0.6404
Daily Pivot Point R2 0.6428
Daily Pivot Point R3 0.6451

 

 

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