Gold, USD Dollar, Fed, Treasuries, AUD, CAD, Crude Oil, USD/JPY - Talking Points
- Gold has benefitted from a weaker US Dollar in spite of a hawkish Fed
- The RBA might be pulling back from their aggressive tightening stance
- All eyes on the ECB today.Will XAU/USD resume its downtrend?
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The price of gold has managed to stay above US$ 1710 so far today as the US Dollar appeared to take a break from its upward trajectory of late.
Treasury yields softened despite hawkish commentary from Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester and Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard.
The Canadian Dollar has held steady so far today in the aftermath of a 75 basis point hike from the Bank of Canada overnight. The central bank
Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Phillip Lowe hinted that future rate rises may not be as aggressive going forward. He said, “we recognise that, all else equal, the case for a slower pace of increase in interest rates becomes stronger as the level of the cash rate rises.”
The yield on the 3-year Australian Commonwealth government (ACG) bond dipped 16 basis points and the Australian Dollar sunk to a low of 0.6712 from 0.6745 prior.
Earlier in the day, Australian trade data missed forecasts, coming in at AUD 8.7 billion instead of AUD 14.6 billion anticipated. Lower iron ore and other commodity prices appear to have taken their toll.
The Japanese Yen took back some ground today after GDP data came in better than expected. USD/JPY dipped back below 144 after final annualised GDP printed at 3.5% to the end of July, beating forecasts of 2.9% and 2.2% previously.
Crude oil has steadied though Asian trading today after tumbling in the North American session. Data from the American Petroleum Institute (API) recorded 3.64 million barrels were added to storage last week.
The WTI futures contract is near US$ 83 bbl while the Brent contract is approaching US$ 89 bbl.
The release of the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) weekly report will be watched closely later today.
Australia’s ASX 200 and Japan’s Nikkei 225 indices followed Wall Street’s lead higher today. Equity markets in China and Hong Kong’s are struggling to make positive ground due to ongoing lockdowns across large parts of the mainland.
The ECB is set to raise rates by 75 basis points today, according to a Bloomberg survey of economists. The overnight index swaps (OIS) market is slightly less convinced, pricing in a lift of around 67 bps. EUR/USD has benefitted from the broader ‘big dollar’ weakness, currently a touch below parity.
After ECB President Christine Lagarde’s Press conference, Fed Chair Powell will also be speaking.
The full economic calendar can be viewed here.
GOLD TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
A bigger picture descending trend channel remains intact for gold for now. Resistance could be at the 21-day simple moving average (SMA), currently 1741, or at the previous high of 1765.
Support might be at the prior lows of 1689, 1681 or 1677.
--- Written by Daniel McCarthy, Strategist for DailyFX.com
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