NZD/JPY chart - Trading View
- NZD/JPY slumps lower after RBNZ interest rate decision, hits 3-week lows at 75.08.
- The pair is trading 1.57% lower on the day at 75.19 at 0435 GMT, bias bearish.
- Kiwi dives across the board on an unexpected dovish shift from RBNZ. NZ 10-year bond yield hits record lows.
- The Reserve Bank of New Zealand kept interest rates unchanged at 1.75 percent, as expected, but said the next move is likely to be down.
- Markets were expecting the central bank to retain neutral bias on interest rates. The balance of risk has shifted to the downside.
- NZD/JPY has taken support at 75 mark (200-DMA, trendline, 23.6% Fib). Break below will see further weakness.
- Next major support lies at daily cloud at 74.86. Break below cloud to see dip till 61.8% Fib at 72.22.
Support levels - 75 (nearly converged 200-DMA, trendline, 23.6% Fib), 74.86 (cloud top), 73.96 (38.2% Fib)
Resistance levels - 75.43 (110-EMA), 75.90 (21-EMA), 76
Recommendation: Watch out for break below 75 for further weakness.
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