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NZ Dollar Gains as Dairy Price Jump Cools RBNZ Rate Cut Bets

NZ Dollar Gains as Dairy Price Jump Cools RBNZ Rate Cut Bets

Talking Points:

  • NZ Dollar Gains as Dairy Price Jump Weighs Against RBNZ Rate Cut Bets
  • Yen, Euro May Weaken as Commodity Dollars Firm on Swelling Risk Appetite
  • See Economic Releases Directly on Your Charts with the DailyFX News App

The New Zealand Dollar outperformed in overnight trade, rising as much 0.8 percent on average against its leading counterparts, after the average price at the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction jumped 10 percent, marking the fourth consecutive advance.

Dairy accounts for the lion’s share of New Zealand’s exports. A pickup in prices bodes well for producers’ earnings. Traders appeared to speculate that this will prove supportive for overall economic growth, weighing on RBNZ rate cut bets. Indeed, the Kiwi rallied alongside front-end bond yields.

The Australian and Canadian Dollars advanced as risk appetite firmed in Asian trade, offering support to the sentiment-linked currencies. The MSCI Asia Pacific regional benchmark equity index rose as much as 1.3 percent. The Japanese Yen likewise advanced after the Bank of Japan opted to keep monetary policy unchanged and offered no guidance pointing to on-coming stimulus expansion.

Looking ahead, a quiet economic calendar in European and US trading hours is likely to put sentiment trends in the driver’s seat. S&P 500 futures are pointing firmly higher, hinting a risk-on mood is likely to prevail. That may bode well for higher-yielding commodity bloc FX at the expense of funding currencies including the Yen and Euro.

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Asia Session

GMTCCYEVENTACTEXPPREV
22:30AUDAiG Perf of Construction Index (SEP)51.9-53.8
23:01GBPBRC Shop Price Index (YoY) (SEP)-1.9%--1.4%
23:50JPYOfficial Reserve Assets ($) (SEP)1248.9B-1244.2B
02:19CNYForeign Reserves ($) (SEP)3514.1B3500.0B3557.4B
03:00JPYBOJ Annual Rise in Monetary Base¥80T¥80T¥80T
05:00JPYLeading Index CI (AUG P)103.5103.4105.0
05:00JPYCoincident Index (AUG P)112.5112.3113.1

European Session

GMTCCYEVENTEXPPREVIMPACT
06:00EURGerman Industrial Production (MoM) (AUG)0.2%0.7%Medium
06:00EURGerman Industrial Production (YoY) (AUG)3.3%0.5%Medium
07:00CHFForeign Currency Reserves (SEP)-540.4BLow
07:05AUDRBA’s Debelle Speaks in Sydney--Medium
08:30GBPIndustrial Production (MoM) (AUG)0.3%-0.4%Medium
08:30GBPIndustrial Production (YoY) (AUG)1.2%0.8%Medium
08:30GBPManufacturing Production (MoM) (AUG)0.3%-0.8%Medium
08:30GBPManufacturing Production (YoY) (AUG)-0.2%-0.5%Medium

Critical Levels

CCYSupp 3Supp 2Supp 1Pivot PointRes 1Res 2Res 3
EURUSD1.10251.11331.12031.12411.13111.13491.1457
GBPUSD1.49971.51001.51631.52031.52661.53061.5409

--- Written by Ilya Spivak, Currency Strategist for DailyFX.com

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