Talking Points:
US Dollar Aims to Extend Gains as Data Fuels Fed Tightening Speculation
Australian Dollar Underperformed Amid Risk Aversion in Overnight Trade
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A quiet economic calendar in European trading hours is likely to see traders looking ahead to US news-flow. Retail Sales are expected to have added 0.6 percent in August, marking the largest increase in four months. Meanwhile, the University of Michigan Consumer Confidence gauge is forecast to show the strongest sentiment reading since April.
The trend in US economic data in the weeks leading up to Augusts’ disappointing jobs report was decidedly rosy. Chatter around the news-wires was dismissive of the soft payrolls outcome, chalking it up to a flukethat would be revised away in subsequent releases rather than a real turning point for US economic performance.
If that narrative finds support in upbeat results on today’s outcomes, that may fuel bets on a relatively sooner onset of policy tightening from the Federal Reserve. This has potential to undermine risk appetite considering the formative role of Fed stimulus in elevating sentiment in recent years. Such a scenario is likely to generate gains for the US Dollar while applying particularly strong selling pressure to commodity-bloc currencies.
The Australian Dollar underperformed in overnight trade, sliding as much as 0.5 percent on average against its leading counterparts. Risk aversion appeared to be the driving catalyst behind the move. The MSCI Asia Pacific regional benchmark stock index traded lower and S&P 500 futures faced selling pressure, eroding demand for the sentiment-sensitive Australian unit. We remain short AUDUSD.
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Asia Session
GMT
CCY
EVENT
ACT
EXP
PREV
22:30
NZD
Business NZ Perf of Mfg Index (AUG)
56.5
–
53.5
22:45
NZD
Food Prices (MoM) (AUG)
0.3%
–
-0.7%
23:13
NZD
REINZ House Price Index (MoM) (AUG)
1.1%
–
-0.7%
23:13
NZD
REINZ House Sales (YoY) (AUG)
-16.3%
–
-13.0%
1:30
AUD
Credit Card Balances (A$) (JUL)
49.4B
–
49.9B
1:30
AUD
Credit Card Purchases (A$)(JUL)
23.4B
–
23.1B
2:02
CNY
New Yuan Loans (AUG)
702.5B
700.0B
385.2B
2:02
CNY
Aggregate Financing (RMB) (AUG)
957.4B
1135.0B
273.1B
2:02
CNY
Money Supply M2 (YoY) (AUG)
12.8%
13.5%
13.5%
4:30
JPY
Industrial Production (MoM) (JUL F)
0.4%
–
0.2%
4:30
JPY
Industrial Production (YoY) (JUL F)
-0.7%
–
-0.9%
4:30
JPY
Capacity Utilization (MoM) (JUL)
-0.8%
–
-3.3%
European Session
GMT
CCY
EVENT
EXP/ACT
PREV
IMPACT
6:00
EUR
German Wholesale Price Index (MoM) (AUG)
-0.2% (A)
0.1%
Medium
6:00
EUR
German Wholesale Price Index (YoY) (AUG)
-0.6% (A)
0.5%
Medium
8:30
GBP
Construction Output SA (YoY) (JUL)
3.2%
5.3%
Low
8:30
GBP
Construction Output SA (MoM) (JUL)
0.6%
1.2%
Low
9:00
EUR
Eurozone Industrial Production (MoM) (JUL)
0.7%
-0.3%
Low
9:00
EUR
Eurozone Industrial Production (YoY) (JUL)
1.4%
0.0%
Low
9:00
EUR
Eurozone Employment (QoQ) (2Q)
–
0.1%
Low
9:00
EUR
Eurozone Employment (YoY) (2Q)
–
0.2%
Low
Critical Levels
CCY
Supp 3
Supp 2
Supp 1
Pivot Point
Res 1
Res 2
Res 3
EURUSD
1.2815
1.2870
1.2897
1.2925
1.2952
1.2980
1.3035
GBPUSD
1.6067
1.6152
1.6204
1.6237
1.6289
1.6322
1.6407
— Written by Ilya Spivak, Currency Strategist for DailyFX.com
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