AUD/USD needs recovery in global equities to surge above 0.70 – ING
|The aussie has started a week packed with market-moving events in Australia on the backfoot. Still, economists at ING remain tied to global risk sentiment. Therefore, AUD/USD needs a recovery in global equities to climb back above 0.70.
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“Tomorrow, the minutes from the Reserve Bank of Australia's May meeting will be scanned closely for hints about the timing and size of additional monetary tightening. On Wednesday, the long-awaited wage data for 1Q will be released. On Thursday, the employment figures for April will be published, with a chance the jobless rate will fall below 4.0%.”
“Australia’s Federal elections will be held on 21 May. The latest opinion polls see the incumbent prime minister Scott Morrison’s Liberal-National coalition trailing about 3% behind the centre-left Labour party.”
“We think AUD will remain tied to global risk sentiment and China-related developments, and the impact of domestic factors may be rapidly offset by external factors.”
“Some recovery in global equities is surely needed at this point for AUD/USD to climb back above 0.7000, while another risk-off wave could send the pair to the 0.6600-0.6700 area in the near-term.”
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