Highlights:
- USD selling has been a short-term theme to open the month of November trading
- Survey of NFP estimates favors gain of 312k jobs for Friday print
- IGCS looks to favor further USD strength as retail long positions increase in GBP/USD post-BoE
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Markets are expected to pay much more attention to October’s reading of Non-Farm Payrolls after a discounted September reading due to hurricane disruptions. Ahead of Friday’s Non-Farm Payroll release for October, the US Dollar is looking continue its strong rebound against G10 currencies, which recently paused. After spending February through August in sell-off mode, the US Dollar Index is finding buyers against low-yielding currencies like the Japanese Yen (JPY) and Swiss Franc (CHF) and commodity currencies like the Australian Dollar, NZ Dollar, and Canadian Dollar, which have fallen by 5% against USD.
Traders are anticipating a sharp rebound from September’s 33k loss in private payrolls and given the central bank period we’re in, the potential of further USD-buying may emerge. Recently, most central banks have pulled back prior hawkish expectations such as the European Central Bank and the Bank of Canada. Yesterday, the Bank of England handed the markets a ‘dovish hike’ by hiking while discouraging the market from anticipating another hike anytime soon. Currently, the market is not expected any further tightening from the Bank of England until H2 2018, but even that view remains dictated by Brexit negotiations and a turn-around of rather poor economic data. The result was GBP falling by ~1.5% against the US Dollar on Thursday.
Adding to the volatility, the Canadian Economy will also be releasing their employment data at the same time, which could lead to acute volatility around USD/CAD, which has gained 5% since the September low. Either way, a beat of the market’s expectation of 312k could further lift the US Dollar that recently received news of a new head of the Federal Reserve in Jay Powell, a current member of the FOMC since 2012.
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Traders anticipating volatility on Friday should not have to look hard. The British Pound traded toward the October low of 1.3027 after the Bank of England acknowledged that Brexit negotiation uncertainties would likely continue to weigh on domestic activity and the possible need for future rate hikes. Traders are also keeping an eye on USD/JPY, which seems to be supported by 114 despite the pullback in the highly correlated UST 10Y yields.
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For those wanting a preview of what numbers are expected for Friday’s news announcement, here are the expectations. First, as can be seen on the DFX Economic Calendar, the expectation for the headline print for the October change in Nonfarm Payrolls is expected at 312k, down from the prior reading for September of negative 33k.
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All eyes on DXY and GBP/USD follow through For Friday’s October NFP As DXY Rebounds
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