Aussie Falls Post-CPI, China Slowdown Continues
| Apr 23, 2014 06:32AM ET
The Australian CPI y-o-y accelerated at the pace of 2.9% in Q1, faster than last quarter’s 2.7% yet still in RBA’s 2-3% target band. AUD/USD fell from 0.9377 to 0.9273, breaking below the 21-dma (0.9316). The downside move was intensified by weak data out of China. Offers trail below 0.9350/75, the sentiment turns negative as RBA hawks lose field. The next support is placed at 0.9209 (Fib 50% on Oct’13 – Jan’14 fall). AUD/NZD aggressively sold-off to 1.0792 (slightly below the 21-dma), a daily close below 1.0770 (100-dma & MACD pivot) should confirm the short-term bearish trend. We expect the antipodean pair back in the broad bearish trend as RBNZ is expected to hike its OCR from 2.75% to 3.0% on April 24th policy meeting.
In China, HSBC preliminary manufacturing PMI printed 48.3 as expected (vs. 48.0 last month). The contraction in new orders and the slowdown in China’s factory output sent USD/CNY to 6.2466, highest since February 2013. The key resistance sits at 6.2500, offers eyed above.
EUR/USD remained well bid in Asia, decent EUR demand versus Aussie and Yuan helped. EUR/USD spiked to 1.3837 as Europe walked in this morning. The April preliminary manufacturing PMI readings are in focus across the Euro-zone today. Trend and momentum indicators are to remain marginally bullish as long as the Fibonacci support at 1.3781 holds. EUR/GBP hit our mid-term target of 0.82042 (March 5th low) yesterday and rebounded from the support zone at 0.81828 / 0.82000 (30-day lower BB (yday) / psychological support). Trend momentum remains negative.
The BoE releases the April meeting minutes today. As reminder, the 3-month unemployment fell below BoE’s former 7.0% threshold in February ILO report. We will be looking for any hint on improvement in jobs market and relation to BoE’s future policy outlook yet no surprises are expected. GBP/USD consolidated gains above 1.6820 in Asia. Technicals are steadily bullish. Option bids are placed at 1.6775/1.6840/50/75 and 1.6900 for today’s expiry.
USD/JPY and JPY crosses traded mixed in Tokyo. US President Obama’s visit in Japan is in traders’ focus. Will there be any reference to currency rates? There is little probability in our view yet the event risk is to be taken into account. USD/JPY continues seeing resistance at 102.96/103.05 (100-dma & daily Ichimoku cloud top). Stops are eyed above.
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Today, the focus is on French, German, Euro-Zone, UK and US April (Prelim) Manufacturing and Services PMIs, the BoE meeting minutes, UK March Public Finances, Euro-Zone Debt-to-GDP Ratio, UK March CBI Trends Total Orders, Selling Prices and Business Optimism, US April 18th MBA Mortgage Applications, Canadian February Retail Sales m/m and US March New Home Sales m/m.
Currency Tech
EUR/USD
R 2: 1.3906
R 1: 1.3852
CURRENT: 1.3806
S 1: 1.3781
S 2: 1.3673
GBP/USD
R 2: 1.6880
R 1: 1.6842
CURRENT: 1.6811
S 1: 1.6775
S 2: 1.6661
USD/JPY
R 2: 104.13
R 1: 103.05
CURRENT: 102.56
S 1: 101.87
S 2: 101.34
USD/CHF
R 2: 0.8953
R 1: 0.8880
CURRENT: 0.8849
S 1: 0.8820
S 2: 0.8744
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