Not a lot going on in Australia’s calendar this week, which means the Aussie will likely take cues from global risk sentiment.
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Check out the potential catalysts you need to watch out for!
Sentiment reports
- NAB’s business confidence index (Nov 10, 12:30 am GMT) to improve from -4.0 to -3.0 in October
- Westpac’s cousumer confidence (Nov 10, 11:30 pm GMT) seen climbing from 105.0 to 108.0 in November
- MI’s inflation expectations (Nov 12, 12:00 am GMT) could slow down from 3.4% to 3.3% in October
China’s data CPI and PPI numbers
- Annual consumer prices (Nov 10, 1:30 am GMT) to dip from 1.7% to 1.0%, the lowest since February 2017
- Producer prices (Nov 10, 1:30 am GMT) seen printing at -1.8% (from -2.1%) in October
Overall risk appetite
- New lockdown measures in major economies and the prospect of double-dip recessions could limit the demand for commodity-related currencies like the Aussie
- U.S. election results can also cause intraday volatility for the comdolls
- Top-tier events, such as the U.K. GDP report and the U.S. CPI release, can affect intraday demand for AUD
- Further easing from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) could weigh on the Aussie against some of its higher-yielding counterparts
Technical snapshot
- Bollinger Bands suggest that AUD/USD is “overbought” on the daily time frame
- The rest of the major AUD pairs are also nearing “overbought” status
- EMAs reflect the Aussie’s short and long-term bullish trends against most of its major counterparts
- Only AUD/NZD is seeing bearish trends on the daily time frame
- AUD was most volatile against the safe havens and the euro in the last seven days
Missed last week’s price action? Read AUD’s price recap for Nov. 2 – 6!
