Talking Points:
NZ Dollar Continued to Correct Higher, Yen Ignored the BOJ Overnight
Pound, Franc Unlikely to Move on Industrial Production and Jobs Data
US Dollar May Find Renewed Support in Taper-Supportive “Fed-Speak”
The New Zealand Dollar continued to correct higher for a second consecutive day in overnight trade. A lull in market-moving event risk seemingly opened the door for further profit-taking after the Kiwi significantly underperformed last week, sliding 0.72 percent against its US namesake. The Japanese Yen edged higher as Asian stocks followed Wall Street lower, boosting haven demand for the safety-linked currency. A monetary policy announcement from the Bank of Japan proved uneventful as Governor Haruhiko Kuroda and company kept things unchanged as expected.
The economic calendar looks broadly uneventful in European trading hours. Switzerland’s Unemployment Rate is expected to tick downward to 3.3 percent, marking the lowest reading in four months. Separately, UK Industrial Production data is expected to show that output growth slowed to a year-on-year rate of 2.2 percent in February after jumping to a three-year high of 2.9 percent in the prior month. Neither of the reports is likely to carry significant near-term implications for their relevant central banks’ monetary policy outlook, hinting their impact on Swiss Franc and British Pound price action will be limited at best.
Later in the day, the spotlight shifts to the “Fed-speak” docket. Comments from Minneapolis and Philadelphia Fed Presidents Narayana Kocherlakota and Charles Plosser – both current members of the policy-setting FOMC committee – are due to cross the wires. Alternate FOMC member and Chicago Fed President Charlies Evans is likewise due to speak. Investors will look to the tone of officials’ rhetoric to set guide speculation about continuity of the Fed’s effort to “taper” QE asset purchases, with a relatively hawkish lean likely to boost the US Dollar.
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Asia Session
GMT
CCY
EVENT
ACT
EXP
PREV
22:00
NZD
NZIER Business Opinion Survey (1Q)
52
–
53
23:50
JPY
Current Account Total (¥) (FEB)
612.7B
618.1B
-1589.0B
23:50
JPY
Adjusted Current Account Total (¥) (FEB)
-41.4.7B
24.7B
-588.3B
23:50
JPY
Trade Balance – BOP Basis (¥) (FEB)
-533.4B
-593.6B
-2345.4B
1:30
AUD
NAB Business Confidence (MAR)
4
–
7
1:30
AUD
NAB Business Conditions (MAR)
1
–
0
2:50
JPY
Bank of Japan Monetary Base Target (¥)
270T
270T
270T
4:30
JPY
Bankruptcies (YoY) (MAR)
-12.37%
–
-14.62%
5:00
JPY
Eco Watchers Survey: Current (MAR)
–
53
5:00
JPY
Eco Watchers Survey: Outlook (MAR)
39.5
40
European Session
GMT
CCY
EVENT
EXP
PREV
IMPACT
5:45
CHF
Unemployment Rate (MAR)
3.3%
3.5%
Medium
5:45
CHF
Unemployment Rate s.a. (MAR)
3.2%
3.2%
Medium
6:30
EUR
Bank of France Business Sentiment (MAR)
–
98
Low
6:45
EUR
French Central Gov’t Balance (€) (FEB)
–
-12.7B
Low
6:45
EUR
French Trade Balance (€) (FEB)
-5000M
-5732M
Low
7:15
CHF
Retail Sales (Real) (YoY) (FEB)
–
0.3%
Low
8:30
GBP
Industrial Production (MoM) (FEB)
0.3%
0.1%
Medium
8:30
GBP
Industrial Production (YoY) (FEB)
2.2%
2.9%
Medium
8:30
GBP
Manufacturing Production (MoM) (FEB)
0.3%
0.4%
Medium
8:30
GBP
Manufacturing Production (YoY) (FEB)
3.1%
3.3%
Medium
Critical Levels
CCY
Supp 3
Supp 2
Supp 1
Pivot Point
Res 1
Res 2
Res 3
EUR/USD
1.3618
1.3673
1.3707
1.3728
1.3762
1.3783
1.3838
GBP/USD
1.6483
1.6541
1.6575
1.6599
1.6633
1.6657
1.6715
— Written by Ilya Spivak, Currency Strategist for DailyFX.com
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