AUD/USD Fundamental Analysis December 17, 2012, Forecast

Analysis and Recommendation:

The AUD/USD is trading at 1.0545 adding 17pts this morning after the release of stronger HSBC manufacturing data. Today’s report showed a continued expansion in the manufacturing sector and an increase over last month. But the market would now mainly focus on US political discussions about the so called `fiscal cliff’ of tax hikes and spending cuts due to apply from 2013. Now quantitative easing is behind markets the only real thing for markets to focus on now is the fiscal cliff for the next week or so ahead of the holidays.

A business report that showed the local currency is expected to weaken, but remain above parity with the US dollar next year, according to a survey of Australian businesses. The Commonwealth Bank latest Aussie dollar barometer – which measures companies’ expectations of the currency – shows that both importers and exporters expect the currency to start 2013 strongly, before slowly depreciating.

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Economic Data December 14, 2012 actual v. forecast

 

Upcoming Economic Events that affect the AUD, NZD, JPY and USD

Government Bond Auction

Date Time Country 

Dec 17 10:10 Norway 

Dec 17 18:00 US 

Dec 18 01:30 Japan 

Dec 18 09:30 Spain 

Dec 18 10:10 Greece 

Dec 18 18:00 US 

Dec 19 18:00 US 

Dec 20 10:30 UK 

Dec 20 16:30 Italy  

Dec 20 18:00 US 

Dec 21 16:30 Italy