AUD/USD Could Be Nearing a Bottom: How to Trade the Potential Rebound
The US dollar is continuing to consolidate after Friday’s mixed data left the probability of a March rate cut above 50%, keeping yields steady around the 4% mark on the 10-year debt.
Investors will be eyeing key inflation data later in the week as speculation continues over the timing of the Fed’s first rate cut.
We also have important inflation data from Australia and the country’s largest trading partner, China.
This makes the AUD/USD a key currency pair to watch and trade this week. Monday’s rally on Wall Street means the risk appetite may have returned, which should be good news for commodity dollars.
The US dollar index ended the first week of the year higher, as investors reduced bets of a March rate cut by the Federal Reserve.
The dollar was somewhat firmer against the majority of G10 currencies on Monday morning, before closing lower.
The greenback started Tuesday’s session in the same fashion, so let’s see if it will again drift lower once US investors enter the fray.
US 10-year bond yields, which also turned lower on Monday after finding strong resistance from the key 4.05-4.10% area, were a bit firmer.
Friday’s conflicting data from the world’s largest economy created a bit of uncertainty in the markets.
The headline nonfarm payrolls beat was not as strong as it looked given those downward revisions to the previous months' data.
Then the ISM survey came out much weaker and this accelerated the dollar selling.
The employment component of the ISM services PMI showed a big drop into contraction from 50.7 to 43.3.
However, by the close of play, the dollar had bounced off its lows again, leaving it little changed in the session.
The fact that the probability of a rate cut in March is a coin flip suggests investors
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