NZD/USD Fundamental Analysis – August 7, 2015 – Forecast

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Published: Aug 6, 2015, 04:25 UTC

Analysis and Recommendation: The NZD/USD recovered 29 points to 0.6542 taking advantage of a decline in the Aussie and the US dollar after traders

Analysis and Recommendation:

The NZD/USD recovered 29 points to 0.6542 taking advantage of a decline in the Aussie and the US dollar after traders realized that they had pushed the currency too low. The possible milk payout forecast by DairyNZ CEO Tim Mackle, based on Open Country, of $4 per kilogram of milk solids has the potential to hit the average dairy farm by $250K according to KPMG analysis. The New Zealand dollar dipped below 65 US cents for the first time in six years as better than expected US data revived optimism about the strength of the world’s biggest economy, and stoked expectations the Federal Reserve will start hiking interest rates.

The kiwi has also been under pressure as slumping global milk prices prompted the Reserve Bank to embark on looser monetary policy in June, and this week’s latest decline caused local economists to downgrade their expectations for Fonterra Cooperative Group’s forecast payout to farmers to below $4 per kilogram of milk solids. Fonterra’s board will review the price on Friday.

Markets are divided on whether the Fed will start raising interest rates from the near-zero policy it’s been running since the global financial crisis, and upbeat data is seen as making a hike more likely. Friday’s release of non-farm payrolls for July are the next big indicator for the US economy, and will be closely watched after a private payrolls report came in below expectations.

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Today’s economic releases:

Cur.	Event	Actual	Forecast	Previous
AUD	Employment Change (Jul)	38.5K	10.0K	7.0K
AUD	Full Employment Change (Jul)	12.4K		24.9K
AUD	Unemployment Rate (Jul)	6.3%	6.0%	6.1%

Upcoming Economic Events that you should be monitoring:

Friday, August 7, 2015

Cur.	Event	Actual	Forecast	Previous
JPY	BoJ Press Conference
USD	Nonfarm Payrolls (Jul)		223K	223K
USD	Unemployment Rate (Jul)		5.3%	5.3%
CAD	Employment Change (Jul)		5.0K	-6.4K
CAD	Ivey PMI (Jul)		52.0	55.9