AUD\/USD struck a weekly high (0.7343) as the minutes from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) showed the central bank had little appetite for easing monetary policy further.<\/p>\n
The Federal Reserve interest rate decision could support the current trend as the Fed aims to target an average inflation level of 2%<\/p>\n
AUD\/USD could carry on falling from the 2020 high (0.7414) as the RBA looks set to continue using its current tools to cushion the economy and aid the economic recovery<\/p>\n
The RBA mildly adjusted the Term Funding Facility in September and could now sit in wait and see mode.<\/p>\n
Governor Lowe and RBA policy makers recognise how further monetary measures could support the recovery\u201d and affirmed that \u201cfurther purchases should be undertaken as necessary to maintain the target.\u201d<\/p>\n
Australia\u2019s Employment report is expected to show the economy lost 50K jobs in August, potentially influencing the RBA\u2019s outlook. However, the macroeconomic environment may keep AUD\/USD buoyant prior to the next RBA monetary policy announcement on October 6 given the Fed\u2019s adoption of a strategy which allows inflation to overshoot the 2% target.<\/p>\n
Consequently the Summary of Economic Projections (SEP) could drive the AUD\/USD if the dot-plot is downwardly revised.. A continuation of the rhetoric from the June meeting could see a limited reaction as to the central bank pledges to \u00a0\u201cincrease its holdings of Treasury securities and agency residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities at least at the current pace.\u201d<\/p>\n
Current trends could remain for the pair as the RBA says that it won\u2019t take rates into negative territory \u00a0and the crowding behaviour in AUD\/USD could hold into month end as retail traders have been net-short for 5 months.<\/p>\n
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