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AUD-NZD Calendar
Jan. 30 21:45 NZD Building Consents (MoM) 8.0% -6.4%
Jan. 31 00:30 AUD NAB Business Confidence 2
Feb. 01 00:00 AUD HIA New Home Sales (MoM) 6.8%
00:30 AUD House Price Index (QoQ) -0.60% -1.20%
21:45 NZD Employment Change (QoQ) 0.2%
21:45 NZD Unemployment Rate 6.6%
Feb. 02 00:30 AUD Building Approvals (MoM) 2.1% 8.4%
00:30 AUD Trade Balance 1.20B 1.38B
USD Calendar
Jan. 30 13:30 USD Core PCE Price Index (MoM) 0.1% 0.1%
13:30 USD Personal Spending (MoM) 0.2% 0.1%
13:30 USD Employment Cost Index (QoQ) 0.4% 0.3%
14:45 USD Chicago PMI 63.0 62.5
15:00 USD CB Consumer Confidence 68.2 64.5
Feb. 01 13:15 USD ADP Nonfarm Employment Change 190K 325K
15:00 USD ISM Manufacturing Index 54.5 53.9
Feb. 02 13:30 USD Nonfarm Productivity (QoQ) 1.0% 2.3%
13:30 USD Initial Jobless Claims 373K 377K
13:30 USD Unit Labor Costs (QoQ) 0.9% -2.5%
13:30 USD Continuing Jobless Claims 3565K 3554K
15:00 USD Fed Chairman Bernanke Testifies
Feb. 03 00:15 USD FOMC Member Fisher Speaks
13:30 USD Average Hourly Earnings (MoM) 0.2% 0.2%
13:30 USD Nonfarm Payrolls 150K 200K
13:30 USD Unemployment Rate 8.5% 8.5%
13:30 USD Private Nonfarm Payrolls 170K 212K
15:00 USD ISM Non-Manufacturing Index 53.2 52.6
Rule:
The Australian dollar still isn’t in its good old days, but the performance is definitely improving. Resistance lines tend to work in a smoother manner than support lines, but they also work well. The pair move well together, not much volatility, but easy to chart and easy to trade with low risk factors
Weekly Analysis and Recommendation:
The AUD/USD ended the week at 1.0658 +0.0025 (+0.24%)
The Australian dollar
AUD/USD Weekly Fundamental Analysis Jan. 30- Feb. 3, 2012, Forecast
closed out the week close to a three-month high against its U.S. counterpart on Friday, as market sentiment was boosted by new signs of progress in talks to restructure Greek sovereign debt. As the USD fell due to weak economic news and the FOMC statement the Aussie seemed to be the biggest benefactor. The USD fell against all major currencies.
AUD/USD hit 1.0670 on Thursday, the pair’s highest since October 31; the pair subsequently consolidated at 1.0655 by close of trade on Friday, adding – over the week.
The Good:
US Durable Goods orders in Dec surprise to upside but how much was pulled forward from 2012 due to 12/31 expiration of full depreciation expensing?
Jan US confidence rises to best since Feb ’11
Richmond and KC manufacturing survey’s both rise
The Bad:
Q4 US GDP rises 2.8%, a touch below expectations but nominal GDP gains just 3.2%, the weakest since Q3 ’09. If deflator was in line with expectations, Real GDP would have been up just 1.3%. Real final sales up just .8% vs. 3.2% in Q3
Initial Jobless Claims normalize at 377k after holiday distorted 356k last week
Inflation expectations within UoM rise to 3.3%, the most since Sept and remains above the 20 yr avg of 3.0%. Expectations also rise to multi month highs in TIPS market
New Home Sales remain weak, prices fall 12.8% y/o/y
FOMC stretches out zero rates until late 2014, US$ resumes downward trend against everything. Fed destroying the price mechanism as if interest rates are artificially priced, what are assets really worth? If we don’t know what assets are really worth, how can capital be efficiently allocated?
There are significant reports due out this coming week, in Australia, New Zealand, and the US. We should see the USD pick up some of its strenght this week as the Fed statement becomes the past.
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