Talking Points:
Australian, New Zealand Dollars Tumble as Chinese Trade Data Disappoints
Bets on China Stimulus Boost May Fuel Risk-On Sentiment, Send Yen Lower
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The Australian and New Zealand Dollars underperformed in overnight trade, falling as much as 1.0 and 0.86 percent on average against their leading counterparts. The selloff followed a disappointing set of Chinese Trade Balance figures that showed exports slumped 15 percent year-on-year in March, falling dramatically short of expectations calling for a 9 percent increase and yielding the largest drawdown in over a year.
China is Australia and New Zealand’s largest trading partner. A slump in the East Asian giant’s overseas sales points to ebbing demand for raw materials from the two Oceanic countries, warning of mounting headwinds to economic growth. That in turn has scope to translate into interest rate cuts from the RBA and the RBNZ. Indeed, the overnight slide in the Aussie and Kiwi Dollars played out alongside down moves on the two countries’ benchmark 2-year bond yields, pointing to building stimulus expansion bets.
Looking ahead, a quiet economic calendar in European and US trading hours is likely to see risk sentiment trends in charge of price action. The Shanghai Composite and Hang Seng Index stock benchmarks moved conspicuously higher after the dismal Chinese trade data, hinting investors may have interpreted the outcome to mean that Beijing will see the slump as a trigger to top up stimulus measures. The prospect of expanded policy support in the world’s second-largest economy may fuel broader risk-on sentiment later in the day, trimming Aussie and Kiwi losses while applying pressure to the safety-linked Japanese Yen.
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Asia Session
GMT
CCY
EVENT
ACT
EXP
PREV
22:50
NZD
Card Spending Retail (MoM) (MAR)
0.8%
0.8%
1.1%
22:50
NZD
Card Spending Total (MoM) (MAR)
1.3%
–
0.4%
23:50
JPY
BOJ March 16-17 Meeting Minutes
–
–
–
23:50
JPY
Machine Orders (MoM) (FEB)
-0.4%
-2.2%
-1.7%
23:50
JPY
Machine Orders (YoY) (FEB)
5.9%
4.3%
1.9%
23:50
JPY
PPI (MoM) (MAR)
0.3%
-0.1%
-0.1%
23:50
JPY
PPI (YoY) (MAR)
0.7%
0.4%
0.4%
23:50
JPY
Money Stock M2 (YoY) (MAR)
3.6%
3.6%
3.5%
23:50
JPY
Money Stock M3 (YoY) (MAR)
3.0%
3.0%
2.9%
1:30
AUD
Credit Card Purchases (A$) (FEB)
22.1B
–
21.5B
1:30
AUD
Credit Card Balances (A$) (FEB)
51.1B
–
50.1B
2:00
CNY
Trade Balance (CNY) (MAR)
18.16B
250.00B
370.50B
2:00
CNY
Exports (YoY) (CNY) (MAR)
-14.6%
8.2%
48.9%
2:00
CNY
Imports (YoY) (CNY) (MAR)
-12.3%
-11.3%
-20.1%
2:00
CNY
Trade Balance ($) (MAR)
3.08B
40.10B
60.62B
2:00
CNY
Exports (YoY) ($) (MAR)
-15.0%
9.0%
48.3%
2:00
CNY
Imports (YoY) ($) (MAR)
-12.7%
-10.0%
-20.5%
European Session
GMT
CCY
EVENT
EXP
PREV
IMPACT
6:45
EUR
France Current Account Balance (FEB)
–
-0.3B
Low
7.00
CHF
SNB Sight Deposits
–
–
Low
8:00
EUR
Italy Industrial Production (MoM) (FEB)
0.5%
-0.7%
Low
8:00
EUR
Italy Industrial Production w.d.a. (YoY) (FEB)
-1.3%
-2.2%
Low
8:00
EUR
Italy Industrial Production n.s.a. (YoY) (FEB)
–
-5.2%
Low
Critical Levels
CCY
Supp 3
Supp 2
Supp 1
Pivot Point
Res 1
Res 2
Res 3
EURUSD
1.0387
1.0503
1.0554
1.0619
1.0670
1.0735
1.0851
GBPUSD
1.4372
1.4510
1.4571
1.4648
1.4709
1.4786
1.4924
— Written by Ilya Spivak, Currency Strategist for DailyFX.com
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