The Australian dollar is one of the worst performing G10 currencies today. AUD is underperforming following the rate decision of the People's Bank of China. PBoC announced a 10 basis point cut to 1-year lending rate, to 3.45%, and decided to keep the 5-year rate unchanged at 4.20%. This was a disappointment as economists hoped that PBoC would decide on 15 basis point cuts to both 1- and 5-year rates. These expectations were propped up further over the weekend by reports saying that officials from People's Bank of China and Chinese financial market regulator met with Chinese bank executives and asked them to boost credit action in order to support economic recovery.
Decision made Chinese equities clear underperformers during today's Asia-Pacific trading session. However, it has also had a negative impact on Antipodean currencies with AUD and NZD being clear laggards among G10 currencies during the Asian session. This should not come as a surprise, especially in case of AUD, as China is a key trading partner for Antipodean countries.
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เปิดบัญชี ลองบัญชีเดโม่ ดาวน์โหลดแอปมือถือ ดาวน์โหลดแอปมือถือTaking a look at AUDUSD chart at F1 interval, we can see that the pair has recently broken below the lower limit of the trading range, marked with 61.8% retracement of the upward impulse launched in October 2022. AUDUSD continued to move lower until the decline was halted at the 0.6400 support zone. While sellers fail to break below this hurdle, buyers also struggle to regain control and the pair continues to trade in the 0.6400 area. However, should we finally see a break below this zone, a downward move may deepen towards the textbook range of the breakout from the aforementioned trading range, which is around 0.6250.
Source: xStation5
