Short AUD/USD for target of 0.75 – Deutsche Bank

Sandeep Kanihama FXStreet Contributor

Analysts at Deutsche Bank are recommending to go short on AUD/USD pair for the target of 0.75, while entry being around 0.7757 levels while maintaining a stop of 0.7880.

Key Quotes

“Rates pricing for the RBA remains too hawkish, in our view, with 40bps of tightening baked into the curve for next year. Our economists expect the RBA to remain on hold throughout 2018, and we think their neutral tone at last week's meeting pointed to increasing discomfort with market pricing holding the AUD at overvalued levels. Consumer sentiment data this week are likely to corroborate our view that lukewarm domestic demand will continue to weigh on wages and tie the RBA's hands.”

“The RBA aside, AUD/USD is now trading excessively rich against the real rate spread, even if the improving trade balance has reduced the need for capital inﬂows. The risk on the USD leg is for Friday's inﬂation data as well as near-term progress on tax reform to surprise relative to bearish market expectations and fuel the USD bounce. With USD positioning particularly short against the AUD, we see the greatest downside risk in this cross.”

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Sandeep Kanihama

FXStreet Contributor

Sandeep Kanihama is an FX Editor and Analyst with FXstreet having principally focus area on Asia and European markets with commodity, currency and equities coverage. He is stationed in the Indian capital city of Delhi.

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