Created
: 2024.09.18
2024.09.18 17:19
The AUD/USD pair scales higher for the third straight day - also marking the fifth day of a positive move in the previous six - and climbs to over a two-week high, around the 0.6775-0.6780 region during the early European session on Wednesday. The momentum is sponsored by the emergence of fresh US Dollar (USD) selling, which continues to be weighed down by dovish Federal Reserve (Fed) expectations.
In fact, the markets are currently pricing in a greater chance of an oversized 50 basis points (bps) Fed rate cut move at the end of a two-day policy meeting later today. This keeps a lid on the overnight recovery in the US Treasury bond yields, led by the upbeat US Retail Sales figures. Apart from this, a generally positive tone around the equity markets caps the USD recovery from its lowest level since July 2023 and acts as a tailwind for the AUD/USD pair.
The Australian Dollar (AUD), on the other hand, continues to draw support from the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) hawkish stance. The RBA Governor Michele Bullock reiterated last Thursday that bringing inflation down to the target band of 2-3% remains the central bank's highest priority and it was premature to contemplate near-term rate cuts as inflation remained too high. This further contributes to the bid tone surrounding the AUD/USD pair.
That said, persistent worries about a slowdown in China - the world's second-largest economy - might hold back traders from placing aggressive bullish bets around the China-proxy Aussie. Investors might also prefer to move to the sidelines and wait for the highly-anticipated FOMC monetary policy decision before positioning for an extension of the AUD/USD pair's recent goodish rebound from the 200-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) support.
The "Dot Plot" is the popular name of the interest-rate projections by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) of the US Federal Reserve (Fed), which implements monetary policy. These are published in the Summary of Economic Projections, a report in which FOMC members also release their individual projections on economic growth, the unemployment rate and inflation for the current year and the next few ones. The document consists of a chart plotting interest-rate projections, with each FOMC member's forecast represented by a dot. The Fed also adds a table summarizing the range of forecasts and the median for each indicator. This makes it easier for market participants to see how policymakers expect the US economy to perform in the near, medium and long term.
The US Federal Reserve publishes the "Dot Plot" once every other meeting, or in four of the eight yearly scheduled meetings. The Summary of Economic Projections report is published along with the monetary policy decision.
The "Dot Plot" gives a comprehensive insight into the expectations from Federal Reserve (Fed) policymakers. As projections reflect each official's projection for interest rates at the end of each year, it is considered a key forward-looking indicator. By looking at the "Dot Plot" and comparing the data to current interest-rate levels, market participants can see where policymakers expect rates to head to and the overall direction of monetary policy. As projections are released quarterly, the "Dot Plot" is widely used as a guide to figure out the terminal rate and the possible timing of a policy pivot.
The most market-moving data in the "Dot Plot" is the projection of the federal funds rate. Any change compared with previous projections is likely to influence the US Dollar (USD) valuation. Generally, if the "Dot Plot" shows that policymakers expect higher interest rates in the near term, this tends to be bullish for USD. Likewise, if projections point to lower rates ahead, the USD is likely to weaken.
Created
: 2024.09.18
Last updated
: 2024.09.18
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