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AUD/USD : 50 Years of Price Discovery. Threads of Future HistoryAll productive feedback, suggestions and open discussion welcome. *Detailed supporting screen caps to follow shortly FX_IDC:AUDUSD AMEX:FXA * All text below is cc of above chart text. The Unfortunate Yet Fierce Bear Case. *Disclaimer: I'm Australian & taking financial action based on own prescriptions.* -Fortress/Draconian Cvd19 Australia *Negative International Perception. *International travel Cvd19 restrictions. *Temp immigration freeze, temp negative population growth. -Corporate JobKeeper scandal, tldr : *Billions given to large Aus corps, many reporting record profits as online Cvd19 retailers etc. -No Govt call to account, no 'free money' yet paid back by corporations. -Individual citizens receiving 'over-payments' of Cvd19 benefits being aggressively/publicly pursued. -China moving to 'moderate prosperity" growth model. *slowing demand for Australian commodities. -Reserve Bank of Australia's monetary policy of *ZERP, YYC and "Questionable" QE that reads like Primary market Bond purchases aka, *monetisation of Federal and State debt issuance. -Federal/State economic policy of housing price increases and mining industry protection. *Houses n' Holes economy. -Risk of Australia's Govt credit rating being downgraded. -Zero increases in Real wages since 2011. *Risk of further populist civilian unrest All I ask of you, is to observe closely and think deeply, for yourself. Thank you for your consideration. dMR
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by d-MR96nBa
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Another Strong Jobs Report Paints A Bullish HueIt has been a while since I took note of the impact of economic numbers on the Australian dollar (FXA). For most of this year, I have instead been a lot more focused on what the Australian dollar, combined with the Japanese yen (FXY), might be saying about risk attitudes in financial markets. Today, I finally took note of economic drivers. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) delivered another strong jobs report for the Australian economy: “The trend unemployment rate fell from 5.2 per cent to 5.1 per cent in the month of October 2018…Today’s fall in trend unemployment to 5.1 per cent marks the lowest unemployment rate since early 2012. This month is the 25th consecutive monthly increase in employed full-time persons with an average increase of 20,300 employed per month…” The Australian dollar jumped in response. The 5-minute chart below of AUD/JPY shows the immediate pop. The daily chart shows the likely bullishness of this move. So far, it looks like AUD/JPY confirmed a new 200DMA breakout. The currency pair could be off to the races if it surpasses the highs from last week. {Most of the pop in AUD/JPY occurred in the first 5 minutes after the jobs numbers were released. It took over three hours for momentum to start picking up again. AUD/JPY broke out above its 200DMA last week and retested it this week. The jobs numbers helped confirm a successful test.} Interestingly, the odds for the next rate hike are far out into the future. So if these economic numbers are harbingers of a strong or strengthening economy, the potential for a rate “surprise” must be increasing. In other words, I need to maintain a bullish bias on the Australian dollar as the odds seem to favor a more hawkish statement from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) in the near future. I can only imagine how much the Australian dollar could soar whenever trade tensions between the U.S. and China ease. {The market is not expecting a full 25bps rate hike until February, 2020.} For now, RBA interest rates remain at historic lows.
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by drduru