NZD/USD Price Analysis: Kiwi trades weak, ahead of Q2 employment data

NZD/USD fell near the 0.6150 area, losing more than 0.90%.
New Zealand will release Employment Change, Participation and Unemployment rate data from Q2.
Labour market outlook to determine following RBNZ decisions.

Patricio Martín FXStreet

On Tuesday’s session, the NZD/USD fell sharply as markets await critical labour market data from New Zealand from Q2. As for now, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) pointed out that they were done with tightening and hinted that they will hold rates at restrictive levels for some time.

Markets are expecting the RBNZ to hold the Official Cash Rate (OCR) until May next year, but incoming data may determine the next decisions. Regarding employment, ANZ analysts expect to see a loosening in the sector and operating well beyond its “maximum sustainable level in the quarter”.

In terms of monetary policy, analysts believe that the data won’t suggest that the RBNZ’s job is done, but it will help to understand how the rates at 5.50% are affecting the labour markets.

That being said, the NZD traded with losses against most of its rivals, including the AUD, JPY, USD, GBP, and EUR.

NZD/USD Levels to watch

From a technical standpoint, the NZD/USD maintains a bearish outlook for the short term, as observed on the daily chart. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is comfortably positioned in the negative territory below its midline. Its southward slope is complemented by a negative signal from the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD), which shows red bars, signalling a growing bearish momentum. Additionally, the pair is below the 20,100 and 200-day Simple Moving Averages (SMAs), indicating a challenging position for the buyers in the bigger picture as the bears remain in command.

Support levels: 0.6140, 0.6120, 0.6100.

Resistance levels: 0.6180, 0.6197 (100-day SMA), 0.6222 (200-day SMA).

NZD/USD Daily chart

NZD/USD

Overview
Today last price	0.6146
Today Daily Change	-0.0063
Today Daily Change %	-1.01
Today daily open	0.6209

Trends
Daily SMA20	0.6232
Daily SMA50	0.6166
Daily SMA100	0.6198
Daily SMA200	0.6222

Levels
Previous Daily High	0.6226
Previous Daily Low	0.6149
Previous Weekly High	0.6274
Previous Weekly Low	0.612
Previous Monthly High	0.6413
Previous Monthly Low	0.612
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	0.6197
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	0.6178
Daily Pivot Point S1	0.6163
Daily Pivot Point S2	0.6118
Daily Pivot Point S3	0.6086
Daily Pivot Point R1	0.624
Daily Pivot Point R2	0.6272
Daily Pivot Point R3	0.6317

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Patricio Martín

FXStreet

Patricio is an economist from Argentina passionate about global finance and understanding the daily movements of the markets.

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