by Henry Liu on December 8, 2009
3:00pm (NY Time) RBNZ Rate Decision Forecast 2.50% Previous 2.50%
ACTION: NZD/USD BUY 2.75% SELL Unchanged
RBNZ is expected to keep rates unchanged at the current level of 2.50% once again during today’s rate decision, as unanimously agreed by all economists surveyed, according to Bloomberg. As a matter of fact, there seems to be no fundamental reason supporting a rate hike for NZD in the near future, as the current inflationary target for NZD remains below the magical 2.0% level until perhaps 2011…
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by Henry Liu on October 27, 2009
4:00pm (NY Time) RBNZ Rate Decision Forecast 2.50% Previous 2.50%
ACTION: NZD/USD BUY 2.75% SELL Unchanged
RBNZ is expected to leave rates unchanged at the current rate of 2.50%, as unanimously agreed by 11 economists surveyed, according to Bloomberg. As a matter of fact, New Zealand’s economic outlook is still bleak, although NZD has appreciated over 32% in the past 6 months benefited from the surge in risk appetite sentiment, but sentiment alone will not make RBNZ hike rates…
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by Henry Liu on September 13, 2009
Hello everyone:
Another seemingly quiet week has gone by but the market has not failed to surprise us yet again… The biggest news last week was not the rate decisions nor the lack of high-impact trend changing news releases, but the apparent endless strength of the Japanese Yen under the new ruling party, which managed to push the USD/JPY close to the 90.00 handle, approaching that yearly low level of 87.00…
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by Henry Liu on September 8, 2009
5:00pm (NY Time) RBNZ Rate Decision Forecast 2.50% Previous 2.50%
ACTION: NZD/USD BUY 2.75% SELL 2.25%
RBNZ has been keeping its rate on hold for 2 rate decisions in a row as the last cut was back in April this year from 3.00% down to 2.50%. The fundamental outlook for NZ remains bleak as during the last rate decision Governor Bollard expressed a concern that rates could move lower.
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