Talking Points:
- US Dollar: Path of Least Resistance Favors Weakness on May Payrolls Data
- Euro Underperforms in Quiet Asia Trade as Greece Delays IMF Repayment
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Most major currencies were little-changed in overnight trade as traders withheld directional conviction ahead of the upcoming release of May’s US Employmentreport. The economy is expected to have added 226,000 jobs last month, marking a miniscule improvement from the 223,000 increase in April. The unemployment rate is forecast to remain unchanged at 5.4 percent.
A print in the general vicinity of consensus would serve to reinforce standing priced-in expectations for the Fed’s rate hike timeline, which imply a 25bps increase in October. Critically, this outlook has remained largely unchanged even as the US Dollar began to recover in mid-May, meaning the currency’s advance played out without support from improving policy bets. In this context, a reminder of the status quo via an in-line payrolls reading may shine a spotlight on the greenback’s decoupling from the fundamental backdrop and send prices lower.
Needless to say, a clearly disappointing payrolls reading is likewise likely to weigh on USD. Only a significant improvement that forces an up-shift in policy bets seems to have scope to generate gains. Even in this scenario however, upside momentum may not find lasting follow-through in the days ahead. A hawkish shift in rate views would be chasing the Dollar higher, in essence offering support to price action that has already occurred rather than triggering a new advance.
The Euro narrowly underperformed as markets continued to respond to Athens’ decision to invoke a rarely-used IMF provision that allows a country to bundle repayments in a given month into a single transaction. This will allow the government to delay delivery on €300 million previously due by the end of this week. The maneuver probably proved disheartening because it replaced hopes for speedier resolution ahead of a tight deadline with expectations of another month of haggling.
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Asia Session
GMT | CCY | EVENT | ACT | EXP | PREV |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
23:30 | AUD | AiG Perf of Construction Index (MAY) | 47.8 | - | 47.0 |
23:50 | JPY | Official Reserve Assets ($) (MAY) | 1245.8B | - | 1250.1B |
05:00 | JPY | Leading Index CI (APR P) | 107.2 | 106 | |
05:00 | JPY | Coincident Index (APR P) | 110.7 | 109.2 |
European Session
GMT | CCY | EVENT | EXP | PREV | IMPACT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
06:00 | EUR | German Factory Orders (MoM) (APR) | 0.5% | 0.9% | Medium |
06:00 | EUR | German Factory Orders (YoY) (APR) | -0.6% | 1.9% | Medium |
06:30 | AUD | Foreign Reserves (A$) (MAY) | - | 67.8B | Low |
07:00 | CHF | Foreign Currency Reserves (MAY) | 524.5B | 521.9B | Low |
08:30 | GBP | BoE/GfK Inflation Next 12 Mths (MAY) | - | 1.9% | Low |
Critical Levels
CCY | Supp 3 | Supp 2 | Supp 1 | Pivot Point | Res 1 | Res 2 | Res 3 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EURUSD | 1.0966 | 1.1123 | 1.1181 | 1.1280 | 1.1338 | 1.1437 | 1.1594 |
GBPUSD | 1.5096 | 1.5233 | 1.5299 | 1.5370 | 1.5436 | 1.5507 | 1.5644 |
--- Written by Ilya Spivak, Currency Strategist for DailyFX.com
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