AUDUSD – Can Aussie Dollar Buyers Capitalize?

Key Points

  • Aussie Dollar after declining below 0.7700 against the US Dollar found support and started to move higher.
  • There was a bearish trend line formed on the hourly chart of the AUDUSD pair, which was cleared by the Aussie Dollar buyers recently.
  • Australian Consumer Price Index will be released by the RBA and republished by the Australian Bureau of Statistics during the next Asian session.
  • The forecast is slated for an increase of 0.3% in Q1 2016, compared with the previous quarter.

Technical Analysis

As mentioned the Aussie Dollar was under a bearish pressure recently against the US Dollar and traded below the 0.7700 support area. However, the AUDUSD pair found buyers, started to trade higher, and also broke a bearish trend line formed on the hourly chart.

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The pair managed to close above the 50 hourly simple moving average, but currently finding sellers near 100 and 200 SMA.

So, there is a chance of a minor dip in the AUDUSD pair, which can be seen as a buying opportunity.

Australian CPI

There is a major release scheduled in Australia during the next Asian session, as the Consumer Price Index, which is a measure of price movements by the comparison between the retail prices of a representative shopping basket of goods and services will be released by the RBA and republished by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

The forecast is slated for an increase of 0.3% in Q1 2016, compared with the previous quarter and the last reading was 0.4%. In terms of the yearly change, the market is expecting an increase of 1.8% in the CPI.

If the result of the CPI report is positive, then the Aussie dollar may continue to gain bids in the short term.