NZD/USD recovers into 0.5850 as risk aversion recedes, for now

The NZD/USD is getting some much-needed lift heading into the Tuesday market session.
Thin New Zealand showing on the economic calendar to leave the Kiwi exposed to USD flows.
Later Tuesday sees another round of US PMI data for October.

Joshua Gibson FXStreet

The NZD/USD is catching some bids into 0.5850 as broad market risk appetite stabilizes heading into a bumper week of US data readings.

The economic calendar is notably absent any meaningful Kiwi-based figures for NZD traders to chew on, leaving the NZD/USD to get pushed around by market reactions to US growth and inflation figures.

Tuesday sees US Purchasing Manager Index (PCI) figures for October, and both components of the PMI are forecast to decline, albeit slightly: the Manufacturing PMI is expected to tick down from 49.8 to 49.5, while the Services PMI is seen declining from 50.1 to 49.9, slipping back into expected contraction territory to match manufacturing expectations.

Wednesday follows up with a speech from Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Jerome Powell, followed by US Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures on Thursday; US GDP is expected to accelerate in the third quarter, from 2.1% to 4.2% for the annualized period into 3Q.

Friday will close out the trading week with another inflation headline for the US: Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) Index data for September is expected to increase from 0.1% to 0.3%.

Accelerations in underlying inflation figures for the US bode poorly for broad market sentiment as investors are hoping for a walk back on interest rate expectations from the Fed, but sticky inflation will prove a difficult hurdle for the US central bank to overcome before they can start bringing rates down. The Fed's current "dot plot" doesn't see any rate cuts until the latter half of 2024 as it currently stands.

NZD/USD Technical Outlook

The Kiwi remains trapped under long-term bearish momentum despite Monday's relief rally, and the pair continues to waffle near twelve-month lows.

Technical support is limited just north of the 0.5800 handle, while the 50-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) is punishing down on price action from 0.5927.

A bullish recovery will need to overcome the 0.6000 major psychological handle, with the near-term ceiling sitting at the last swing high into 0.6056, while a downside break will see the NZD/USD set for a run at old support levels originally chalked in from late 2022 near the 0.5600 level.

NZD/USD Daily Chart

NZD/USD Technical Levels

NZD/USD

Overview
Today last price	0.5849
Today Daily Change	0.0019
Today Daily Change %	0.33
Today daily open	0.583

Trends
Daily SMA20	0.5939
Daily SMA50	0.5932
Daily SMA100	0.6048
Daily SMA200	0.6149

Levels
Previous Daily High	0.5856
Previous Daily Low	0.5817
Previous Weekly High	0.5931
Previous Weekly Low	0.5815
Previous Monthly High	0.605
Previous Monthly Low	0.5847
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%	0.5832
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%	0.5841
Daily Pivot Point S1	0.5813
Daily Pivot Point S2	0.5795
Daily Pivot Point S3	0.5774
Daily Pivot Point R1	0.5852
Daily Pivot Point R2	0.5873
Daily Pivot Point R3	0.589

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Joshua Gibson

FXStreet

Joshua joins the FXStreet team as an Economics and Finance double major from Vancouver Island University with twelve years' experience as an independent trader focusing on technical analysis.

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