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Australian Dollar May Find Itself Overextended

Australian Dollar May Find Itself Overextended

David Cottle, Analyst

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Fundamental Australian Dollar Forecast: Bearish

  • The Aussie had a good week last week. perhaps against the odds
  • As-expected official growth data banished some creeping fears beforehand
  • However, AUD/USD looks a little over-extended into what could be a quieter period

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The Australian Dollar enjoyed quite a strong week last week but could falter in the days ahead.

An as-expected rise for official first-quarter Gross Domestic Product numbers last Tuesday helped AUD/USD’s advance. Growth may only have met expectations, but there were growing worries before the fact thanks to a nasty current-account miss.

Those worries proved unfounded and that fact saw AUD/USD’s rise extend to five straight daily sessions.

The problem for bulls now is that there’s not a huge amount for them to hope for in the coming week. Yes, there’s a Federal Reserve monetary policy decision in the US, due as ever on the Wednesday. That is widely expected to produce another 0.25 percentage point rise in the Federal Funds Target Rate. But this has been well-flagged and surely must be in the AUD/USD price now.

Fed aside, and back home for the Aussie, investors will get a look at Australian employment levels for May and a peep at Westpac’s consumer-confidence indicator for June. Obviously, these will retain the capacity to move the currency. But they’ll need to shatter expectations if they’re even to begin changing market views that Australian interest rates are stuck at record lows for the foreseeable future.

There will also be a speech from Reserve Bank of Australia Deputy Governor Guy Debelle in Sydney Thursday. But, similarly, there’s little reason to suspect that any radical policy hints will come from here.

On this basis, it seems unlikely that the Aussie will retain the momentum to sustain its uptrend, especially if key Australian export iron ore remains in a price downtrend. It plumbed eleven-month lows last week. AUD/USD looks a little elevated given all of the above, and I think will struggle to maintain its altitude.

The developing story of the UK’s general election may also threaten risk appetite as horse-trading over a working majority goes on. The currency tends to suffer when that appetite is low.

It’s another bearish call.

--- Written by David Cottle, DailyFX Research

Contact and follow David on Twitter: @DavidCottleFX

DailyFX provides forex news and technical analysis on the trends that influence the global currency markets.

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