AUD/USD Fundamental Analysis October 15, 2014 Forecast

Analysis and Recommendation:

The AUD/USD continues to climb adding 17 points as the US dollar eased most of the week. In the Asian session the greenback has gained 20 points but had little effect on the Aussie. Today’s NAB business reports both missed last month but seemed to have little effect on the currency. The AUD has been climbing steadily since Chinese exports and imports showed improvement. The pair is trading at 0.8790. The Aussie gained as the People’s Bank of China sold 20 billion yuan ($3.27 billion) of 14-day repurchase agreements at 3.4 percent. That compares with 3.5 percent in a similar auction on Oct. 9. The monetary authority last cut the rate on Sept. 18 from 3.7 percent. China is Australia’s largest trading partner.

Chinese exports rose 15.3 per cent in September from a year earlier, beating the 12 per cent expectation in a Bloomberg survey, while imports rose seven per cent, against expectations of a decline.

Imports of iron ore rose 16.5 per cent and for copper gained 10.5 per cent, suggesting China’s manufacturing base is still hungry for raw materials. The figures gave the Australian dollar a boost on Monday which continued overnight.

Despite the recent fall in the Australian dollar, it remains “higher than most conventional estimates of fundamentals would indicate,” a senior Australian central banker said on Tuesday.

That means the exchange rate is offering less assistance than it would normally be expected in achieving balanced growth in the economy, Reserve Bank of Australia Assistant Governor Guy Debelle told a Citi conference in Sydney.

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