NZD

• Positive tone. Cautious rhetoric from Fed officials is weighing on bond yields & the USD, & boosting risk sentiment despite the Middle East conflict.• AUD ticking up. The downshift in the USD & reports China is considering a new round of stimulus is helping the AUD. The RBA’s Kent speaks today.• US data. US PPI inflation released tonight, as are the minutes of the last Fed policy meeting. The important US CPI report is due tomorrow night. Risk sentiment has remained positive with markets taking a somewhat sanguine view about the implications of the Middle East events. Oil prices...

• Market relief. Softer US ADP employment data & a lower oil price weighed on bond yields. US equities rose & the USD drifted back slightly.• AUD consolidates. The AUD has clawed back a little ground. But it remains at low levels. Since 2015 the AUD has only traded sub ~$0.63 ~1% of the time.• US data. US payrolls is the next major event (Friday AEDT). Given where things are tracking a larger (more negative) USD reaction could occur if the data disappoints. A break from the recent trend overnight with bond yields lower, equities higher, and the USD a...

• US yields higher. Positive US job openings pushed US yields higher. This helped the USD & weighed on risk sentiment. AUD slipped below ~$0.63.• USD/JPY volatility. After moving above ~150 USD/JPY tumbled. FX intervention wasn’t confirmed. The moves helped the USD stabilise.• RBA & RBNZ. No change from the RBA yesterday. RBNZ meets today with rates expected to be held steady. AUD/NZD is near levels last traded in late-May. Familiar themes and trends were on show again overnight. A stronger US JOLTS (i.e. job openings) report generated another jump up in bond yields and some further USD strength which...