AUD/USD advances to multi-day high, around mid-0.6400s amid notable USD supply

The AUD/USD pair attracts fresh buyers near the 0.6400 round-figure mark on Tuesday and builds on its steady intraday ascent through the early part of the European session. Spot prices recover further from the lowest level since November 2022 touched on Friday and climb to a multi-day peak, closer to mid-0.6400s in the last hour.

A modest recovery in the global risk sentiment, bolstered by hopes for more stimulus from China, prompts some selling around the safe-haven US Dollar (USD) and benefits the risk-sensitive Australian Dollar (AUD). The USD is further weighed down by a mildly softer tone surrounding the US Treasury bond yields. That said, the prospects for further policy tightening by the Federal Reserve (Fed) should act as a tailwind for the US bond yields and the Greenback.

It is worth recalling that the markets have been pricing in the possibility of one more 25 bps Fed rate hike move by the end of this year. The incoming US macro data continued to point to an extremely resilient economy and should allow the Fed to keep interest rates higher for longer. The hawkish outlook, in turn, pushed the yield on the benchmark 10-year US government bond climbed to its highest level since 2007 on Monday and favours the USD bulls.

Apart from this, concerns about the worsening economic conditions in China should keep a lid on the optimism and the China-proxy Aussie. This, along with bets for another on-hold decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) in September, might hold back traders from placing aggressive bullish bets around the AUD/USD pair. Hence, it will be prudent to wait for strong follow-through buying before confirming that spot prices have bottomed out.

Investors might also prefer to wait on the sidelines ahead of the crucial Jackson Hole Symposium, where comments by Fed Chair Jerome Powell will be scrutinized for cues about the future rate-hike path. This, in turn, will influence the USD price dynamics and help determine the next leg of a directional move for the AUD/USD pair. Traders this week will also confront the release of the flash PMI prints from Australia and the US, due on Wednesday.

In the meantime, Tuesday's US economic docket, featuring Existing Home Sales and Richmond Manufacturing Index, along with speeches by influential FOMC members and the US bond yields, will drive the USD demand. Furthermore, the broader market risk sentiment should contribute to producing short-term trading opportunities around the AUD/USD pair.

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