FxWirePro: Aussie depreciates against major peers after RBA’s monetary policy statements
Friday, February 8, 2019 2:32 AM UTC
- AUD/NZD is currently trading around 1.0487 marks.
- Pair made intraday high at 1.0534 and low at 1.0483 marks.
- Intraday bias remains bearish till the time pair holds key resistance around 1.0540 mark.
- A sustained close above 1.0520 will drag the parity higher towards key resistances around 1.0540/1.0570/1.0590/1.0634/1.0712 levels respectively.
- Alternatively, a daily close below 1.0463 will take the parity down towards key supports around 1.0432/1.0365/1.0333/1.0237 marks respectively.
- RBA - Probability of rate rise or cut more evenly balanced than previously.
- RBA - Board does not see strong case to move rates in the near term.
- RBA cuts GDP forecasts, sees 2.8 pct y/y Dec 2018, 3.0 pct Dec 2019, 2.7 pct Dec 2020, 2.7 pct June 2021.
- RBA sees unemployment at 5.0 pct Dec 2019, 4.9 pct Dec 2020, 4.8 pct June 2021.