AUD/USD trades at 0.7200, up 0.44%, on the Waller Thursday stamp. Soft USD after Waller’s hold-if-progress lean.
AUD/USD trades at 0.7200, up 0.44%, on the Waller Thursday stamp. Soft USD after Waller’s hold-if-progress lean.
A separate Friday Asian body puts the pair around 0.7210, extending gains for a third successive day. The same Friday page’s chart line prints 0.7212.
The Friday page writes that robust Australian Q2 growth lifted RBA hike odds for this month to 58% from 49% before the GDP print, with a move to 4.60% by November fully priced. CME FedWatch on that page reprints 50.2% for a September Fed hike, down from 63.2%. Two forces: higher RBA odds plus softer Fed odds.
August US NFP is due later Friday. A hot US labour print that re-prices Fed hike odds higher is the falsifier for this Aussie bid.
The August NFP PRINT is the jobs tape — this note stays the Asian AUD session.
Monday’s AUD/USD hold near 0.7200 is a separate URL — this note stays the Friday Asian AUD session.
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