Bank of Australia, euro immunity and dollar failure

Oct 2, 2019

The US dollar confidently dominated before the ISM index in the US industrial sector outcome, but after failure followed.

The Australian dollar responded to the actions of the Central Bank. We observed decreased after the rate was reduced (the Reserve Bank of Australia yesterday lowered the rate by 0.25% to 0.75%. This decision was expected by participants in financial markets). In general, we received one more confirmation in favour of the formation of a global vector for the widespread easing of monetary policies by leading central banks of the world.

The current value of the Australian dollar shows interesting for purchase. Given that the ratio of potential profit / expected loss in the AUDUSD is close to ideal, today we will try to buy a pair based on the fixation of profits or just working off the level of 0.67. Stops below 0.6660, but the profits can be set in the area of 0.6800.

The Australian dollar was not the only one the US dollar was strengthening. Another currency is the British pound. But again, it can be understood, the political sphere of Britain is getting closer to a complete dead end. The data on the PMI index of business activity in the manufacturing industry, although came out much better than forecasts (48.3 points with a forecast of 47.0), still turned out to be significantly lower than 50.

The euro received another painful hit. This time, the PMI in the manufacturing sector disappointed (with the forecast 45.7). However, there were no euro sales, which suggested the formation of a bottom from which it might be able to push off and develop a correction.

In the USA, meanwhile, political conflict continues. The "X" moment came after the publication of data on the ISM index in the US industrial sector. The index fell to the lowest level since June 2009 - 47.8 points. Recall that an index exit below 50 means decrease inactivity. The markets took this as a signal that the Fed would raise interest rates again in 2019 and rushed to sell the dollar.

We have been waiting for these sales for a couple of days (see our previous reviews). We consider yesterday's dollar decline only the beginning of its fall and today we will continue to look for points for its sales in the foreign exchange market. But at the same time, we note that yesterday's data was not something outstanding and sales were more related to expectations of possible weak data from the NFPs to come out than to the actual reaction to the ISM Index.

Pay attention to the statistics on US employment from ADP. Although traditionally these data do not lead to a sharp increase in volatility, in general, the correlation with the NFP is small (about 20-25%), nevertheless, the state of the US labour market is one of the key moments, so a surprise may well provoke, for example, the long-awaited dollar sales by us. But for this, the figure should be below 100K.