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Intervention by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand?
By Kathy Lien,Having lived through many Bank of Japan
interventions, this type of movement can only be related to one of two
things. The first being intervention, the second being a big merger or
acquisition flow. Given that the NZD/USD hit a fresh 22 year high today,
there is a stronger chance that what we witnessed today was indeed intervention,
especially since the move came at the exact same price level as the officially
confirmed intervention seen on June 11th. It is not a stretch to say
that the RBNZ is not happy with the persistent climb in the NZD/USD despite
their first dose of intervention ever. What we have learned about
intervention is that oftentimes it does not work. Even though the New
Zealand economic calendar is chock full of key economic data next week including
the trade balance, current account balance and GDP, the demand for high yielding
currencies will continue to be the primary driver of the NZD. The Australian
dollar fell in sympathy to the kiwi, after having soared to a fresh 16 year
high. The only key event on the Australian calendar is leading indicators
Monday night. The Canadian dollar on the other hand regained strength on
the back of rebounding oil prices. The only noteworthy piece of CAD data
is industrial and raw material prices.
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