Talking Points:
– USDOLLAR Eyes December Low (10,565)- Bullish Bias at Risk
– AUDUSD Slumps as Australia Employment Disappoints- Lower High in Place?

Index

Last

High

Low

Daily Change (%)

Daily Range (% of ATR)

DJ-FXCM Dollar Index

10589.31

10628.27

10579.4

-0.18

125.96%

USDOLLAR Daily

Chart – Created Using FXCM Marketscope 2.0
December Low (10,565) Remains in Focus-
Relative Strength Index at Lowest Since October
Interim Resistance: 10,710 (23.6 retracement) to 10,716 (38.2 expansion)
Interim Support: 10,561 (100.0 extension)- Closing Basis

Release

GMT

Expected

Actual

Advance Retail Sales (JAN)

13:30

0.0%

-0.4%

Advance Retail Sales ex Autos (JAN)

13:30

0.1%

0.0%

Advance Retail Sales ex Auto and Gas (JAN)

13:30

0.1%

-0.2%

Retail Sales Control Group (JAN)

13:30

0.2%

-0.3%

Initial Jobless Claims (FEB 8)

13:30

330K

339K

Continuing Claims (FEB 1)

13:30

2964K

2953K

Business Inventories (DEC)

15:00

0.4%

0.5%

The Dow Jones-FXCM U.S. Dollar Index (Ticker: USDollar) outlook in turning increasingly bearish as it approaches the December low (10,565), and the near-term decline may gather pace ahead of the next Fed meeting on March 19 as the dismal developments coming out of the world’s largest economy dampens the central bank’s scope to normalize monetary policy sooner rather than later.

The recent batch of dismal U.S. data may alter the policy outlook as it highlights a weakening outlook for growth and inflation, but the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) may continue to implement a $10B reduction in its asset-purchase program as a growing number of central bank officials scale back their dovish tone for monetary policy. As a result, it seems as though we will need to see a further deterioration in U.S. data beyond the winter months for the Fed to deviate from its current path, and the central bank may bring Quantitative Easing (QE) to an end later this year as the cost of the non-standard measure now outweighs the benefit for the economy.

In turn, the Fed’s policy outlook may continue to limit the downside risk for the dollar, and we would need to see a potential turn in the dollar ahead of interim support to retain a constructive outlook for the greenback.

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AUDUSD Daily

RSI Threatening Bullish Momentum- Downside Break to Highlight Lower High
Interim Resistance: 0.9050 (23.6% expansion) to 0.9070 (38.2% retracement)
Interim Support: 0.8670 (100.0% expansion) to 0.8700 (78.6% expansion)

Three of the four components advanced against the greenback, led by a 0.58 percent rally in the Euro, while the Australian dollar bucked the trend as the region’s dismal Employment report weakens the fundamental outlook for the $1T economy.

Indeed, the AUDUSD may have set a lower high in February as the Relative Strength Index (RSI) threatens the bullish trend carried over from the previous month, and it seems as though the near-term correction is coming to an end should the oscillator show a meaningful break to the downside.

With that said, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) may have little choice but to further reduce the benchmark interest rate in 2014, and we will revert back to ‘selling bounces’ in the aussie-dollar as the bearish break in the RSI materializes.

— Written by David Song, Currency Analyst

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