By FXEmpire.com

Analysis and Recommendation:

The AUD/USD continues to decline, following a huge fall in the Australian equities market. The pair are trading at 1.0039. Investors continue to worry about the affects of the global slowdown, with emphasis on China and Japan, the major trading partners of Australia and the overflow of contagion on the Aussie economy. Gold production in Australia has dropped again this quarter.

After the negative Chinese Flash HSBC PMI last week showed an ongoing slowdown and no reversal, no matter how China has tried, worries hit Australia head on.

There has been little in the way of eco data in Oz and little is expected early this week. The main focus will be the EU Summit and hopes that some sort of plan will be released to support the EU and protect from contagion.

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Upcoming Economic Events that affect the AUD, NZD, JPY and USD

Date

Time

Currency

Event

Previous

Jun 26

13:00

USD

S&P/CS Composite-20 HPI y/y

-2.6%

14:00

USD

CB Consumer Confidence

64.9

22:45

NZD

Trade Balance

355M

Jun 27

12:30

USD

Durable Goods Orders m/m

0.2%

14:00

USD

Pending Home Sales m/m

-5.5%

14:30

USD

Crude Oil Inventories

23:50

JPY

Retail Sales y/y

5.8%

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Originally posted here