NZD/USD reclaims 0.6300 mark amid modest USD weakness, upside seems limited – by hareshmenghani NZDUSD RiskAppetite Fed Inflation Currencies
ince January 6. The steady intraday ascent lifts spot prices to a fresh daily high, around the 0.6300 mark, during the first half of the European session, albeit lacks bullish conviction.
The US Dollar retreats from a six-week high touched on Wednesday amid a modest downtick in the US Treasury bond yields and turns out to be a key factor lending some support to. Apart from this, a generally positive tone around the equity markets further undermines the safe-haven Greenback and benefits the risk-sensitive Kiwi. That said, the prospects for further policy tightening by the Fed should act as a tailwind for the US bond yields and limit losses for the USD.
Investors now seem convinced that the US central bank will stick to its hawkish stance for longer amid stubbornly high inflation. In fact, the markets are currently pricing in at least a 25 bps lift-off at each of the next two FOMC meetings in March and in May. Moreover, several FOMC policymakers, including Fed Chair, recently stressed the need for additional interest rate hikes to fully gain control of inflation. This supports prospects for the emergence of some USD dip-buying.
Hence, it will be prudent to wait for strong follow-through buying before confirming that the NZD/USD pair's recent pullback from its highest level since June 2022 has run its course. Market participants now look to the , featuring the Producer Price Index , the usual Weekly Initial Jobless Claims, the Philly Fed Manufacturing Index, Building Permits and Housing Starts. This, along with the US bond yields, will influence the USD and provide some impetus to the major.
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