- The Australian Dollar inches higher due to improved market sentiment.
- Australia's monthly CPI is estimated to have grown at a faster pace of 3.8% in May.
- The US Dollar drops as investors see the Fed reducing interest rates twice this year.
The Australian Dollar (AUD) moves higher to near 0.6670 against the US Dollar in Tuesday’s European session. The Aussie asset gains as the market sentiment is favorable for risk-perceived assets due to improved expectations that the Federal Reserve (Fed) will start easing interest rates from the September meeting.
S&P 500 futures have posted decent gains in European trading hours, indicating an improvement in investors’ risk appetite. The US Dollar Index (DXY), which tracks the Greenback’s value against six major currencies, struggles to gain ground after correcting from a seven-week high of 105.90. 10-year US Treasury yields remain sluggish at near 4.25%.
The CME FedWatch tool shows that traders have priced in two rate cuts this year against one signaled by Fed policymakers in the latest dot plot. Softer-than-expected May inflation data prompted expectations that the Fed would begin reducing key rates early.
For more clarity on inflation, investors will focus on the US core Personal Consumption Expenditure price index (PCE) for May, which will be published on Friday. The core PCE price index data is the Fed’s preferred inflation measure, which will provide fresh cues on when and how much the central bank will reduce interest rates this year. The annual core PCE is expected to have decelerated to 2.6% from the prior release of 2.8%. On month, the inflation data is estimated to have grown at a slower pace of 0.1% from 0.2% in April.
Meanwhile, the Australian Dollar exhibits strength ahead of the monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) data for May, which will be published on Wednesday. Aussie inflation is expected to have accelerated to 3.8% from 3.6% in April, which will force the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to leave interest rates at their current levels for a longer period. Currently, financial markets expect that the RBA will not cut its Official Cash Rate this year.
Australian Dollar Price Today:
| USD | EUR | GBP | CAD | AUD | JPY | NZD | CHF | |
| USD | -0.07% | -0.11% | -0.10% | -0.13% | -0.19% | -0.06% | -0.17% | |
| EUR | 0.07% | -0.06% | -0.03% | -0.06% | -0.10% | 0.02% | -0.10% | |
| GBP | 0.11% | .04% | 0.01% | -0.02% | -0.05% | 0.05% | -0.06% | |
| CAD | 0.10% | 0.03% | -0.01% | -0.02% | -0.06% | 0.05% | -0.07% | |
| AUD | 0.14% | 0.06% | 0.02% | 0.02% | -0.03% | 0.07% | -0.02% | |
| JPY | 0.18% | 0.10% | 0.06% | 0.09% | 0.01% | 0.10% | -0.02% | |
| NZD | 0.06% | -0.01% | -0.05% | -0.04% | -0.07% | -0.11% | -0.12% | |
| CHF | 0.17% | 0.10% | 0.06% | 0.07% | 0.04% | -0.01% | 0.11% |
The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the Euro from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the Japanese Yen, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent EUR (base)/JPY (quote).
Economic Indicator
Monthly Consumer Price Index (YoY)
The Monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI), released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on a monthly basis, measures the changes in the price of a fixed basket of goods and services acquired by household consumers. The indicator was developed to provide inflation data at a higher frequency than the quarterly CPI. The YoY reading compares prices in the reference month to the same month a year earlier. A high reading is seen as bullish for the Australian Dollar (AUD), while a low reading is seen as bearish.
Read more.Next release: Wed Jun 26, 2024 01:30
Frequency: Monthly
Consensus: 3.8%
Previous: 3.6%
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics
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