– Australia Employment to Rebound 13.0K in January.
– Jobless Rate to Hold at Annualized 5.8%- Lowest Since April 2014.
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Trading the News: Australia Employment Change
A 13.0K rebound in Australia Employment accompanied by a pickup in the Labor Participation Rate may boost the appeal of the aussie and spark a near-term advance in AUD/USD as it dampens bets for additional monetary support.
What’s Expected:
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Why Is This Event Important:
Even though the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) keeps the door open to implement lower borrowing-costs, signs of a strengthening labor market may encourage Governor Glenn Stevens to endorse a wait-and-see approach at the March 1 interest rate decision as the record-low interest rate continues to feed through the real economy.
Expectations: Bullish Argument/Scenario
Release
Expected
Actual
HIA New Home Sales (MoM) (DEC)
—
6.0%
Building Approvals (MoM) (DEC)
4.5%
9.2%
Skilled Vacancies (MoM) (DEC)
—
0.4%
The resilience in the housing market may encourage a meaningful rebound in job growth, and a positive development may drive AUD/USD back towards the monthly high (0.7242) as market participants scale back bets for an RBA rate-cut.
Risk: Bearish Argument/Scenario
Release
Expected
Actual
NAB Business Confidence (JAN)
—
2
Retail Sales (MoM) (DEC)
0.4%
0.0%
Trade Balance (DEC)
-2.450B
-3.535B
Nevertheless, waning confidence accompanied by slowing demand from home and abroad may drag on the labor market, and signs of a slower recovery may cap the near-term rebound in the exchange rate as it fuels bets for additional monetary support.
How To Trade This Event Risk(Video)
Bullish AUD Trade: Employment Rebounds 13.0K or Greater
Need green, five-minute candle following the report for a potential long AUD/USD trade.
If market reaction favors a bullish aussie trade, buy AUD/USD with two separate position.
Set stop at the near-by swing low/reasonable distance from entry; look for at least 1:1 risk-to-reward.
Move stop to breakeven on remaining position once initial target is met, set reasonable limit.
Bearish AUD Trade: Australia Labor Report Fails to Meet Market Expectations
Need red, five-minute candle to consider a short AUD/USD position.
Carry out the same setup as the bullish aussie trade, just in reverse.
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Potential Price Targets For The Release
AUD/USD Daily
Chart – Created Using FXCM Marketscope 2.0
Long-term outlook for AUD/USD remains tilted to the downside as the pair retains the downward trend from August, but a bullish reaction to Australia’s Employment report may spark a run at the monthly high (0.7242) as it boosts interest-rate expectations.
Interim Resistance: 0.7380 (50% retracement) to 0.7390 (78.6% expansion)
Interim Support: 0.6830 (161.8% expansion) to 0.6860 (61.8% expansion)
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The DailyFX Speculative Sentiment Index (SSI) shows increased volatility in retail positioning, with the FX crowd flipping back net-short AUD/USD earlier this morning.
With short-positions 41.4% higher from yesterday, the ratio has slipped to -1.33, with, with 43% of traders now long.
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Impact that Australia Employment Change has had on AUD during the last release
Period
Data Released
Estimate
Actual
Pips Change
(1 Hour post event )
Pips Change
(End of Day post event)
DEC 2015
01/14/2016 00:30 GMT
-10.0K
-1.0K
-1
+29
December 2015Australia Employment Change
Australia’s labor market shed 1.0K jobs in December after expanding a revised 74.5K the month prior. Nevertheless, the unemployment held steady at an annualized 5.8% even as the participation rate unexpectedly narrowed to 65.1% from 65.3% in November. Despite the recent weakness, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) may largely endorse a wait-and-see approach throughout the first-half of 2016 as the employment report continues to beat market expectations. The initial market reaction was short-lived, with AUD/UAD largely consolidating throughout the Asia-Pacific trade to end the session at 0.6959.
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