AUD/USD tumbles below 0.7000 as RBA announces a rate hike by 50 bps

AUD/USD has surrendered the crucial support of 0.7000 on the 50 bps rate hike announcement by the RBA.
The RBA has elevated its OCR by 50 bps to 1.85%.
The lower consensus for US NFP is responsible for the vulnerable performance by the DXY.

Sagar Dua FXStreet

The AUD/USD pair has slipped below the psychological support of 0.7000 swiftly as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) announced an interest rate hike. RBA Governor Philip Lowe has elevated its Official Cash Rate (OCR) by 50 basis points (bps). After the rate hike announcement, RBA’s OCR stands at 1.85%.

The decision has remained in line with the market expectations. Price pressures are heating in the Australian economy due to volatile oil and food products. Last week, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported the inflation rate for the second quarter of CY2022 at 6.1%, higher by 100 bps than the first quarter’s print. To contain the roaring inflation, tightening policy measures were highly required by the RBA.

It is worth noting that the Australian economy generated 88.4k jobs in June, significantly higher than the consensus and the prior print, which bolstered the RBA to feature a rate hike unhesitatingly.

Market sentiment has turned jittery on escalating US-China tensions after the US House of State received threats from China ahead of her arrival in Taiwan. The Taiwanese administration has increased its military security as several Chinese warships have stayed close to the median line of the Taiwan strait since Monday, as per Reuters.

Meanwhile, the US dollar index (DXY) has turned sideways after refreshing its three-week low at 105.05 in the Asian session. The DXY is performing vulnerable ahead of the US Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) data. As per the preliminary estimates, the US economy created 250k jobs in July, lower than the prior release of 372k. Soaring interest rates and a halt in the recruitment process by big tech firms have trimmed job opportunities.

AUD/USD

Overview
Today last price	0.7013
Today Daily Change	-0.0006
Today Daily Change %	-0.09
Today daily open	0.7019

Trends
Daily SMA20	0.6871
Daily SMA50	0.6969
Daily SMA100	0.7121
Daily SMA200	0.7173

Levels
Previous Daily High	0.7048
Previous Daily Low	0.6968
Previous Weekly High	0.7033
Previous Weekly Low	0.6879
Previous Monthly High	0.7033
Previous Monthly Low	0.668
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	0.7017
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	0.6999
Daily Pivot Point S1	0.6975
Daily Pivot Point S2	0.6932
Daily Pivot Point S3	0.6895
Daily Pivot Point R1	0.7055
Daily Pivot Point R2	0.7092
Daily Pivot Point R3	0.7135

Author

Sagar Dua

FXStreet

Sagar Dua is associated with the financial markets from his college days. Along with pursuing post-graduation in Commerce in 2014, he started his markets training with chart analysis.

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