Australia
Highlights The US Climate Prediction Center gives ~ 70% odds another La Niña will form in the August – October interval and will continue through winter 2021-22. This will be a second-year La Niña if it forms, and will raise the odds of a repeat of last winter's cold weather in the Northern…
The RBA's Dovish Taper
The…
Highlights A lot of pessimism is embedded in the Aussie dollar, making it a potent candidate for a powerful mean-reversion rally. The key catalyst will be a reversal in COVID-19 infection rates which are holding the Aussie economy hostage. Marginally, there is good news on that front. On a…
AUD/USD Is Set To Rebound…
Australia’s Unemployment Rate: A Misleading Decline…
The RBA Sticks To Its Guns…
Highlights The dollar is fighting a tug of war between two diverging forces: an economic slowdown around the world but plunging real interest rates in the US. The litmus test for determining which force will gain the upper hand is if the DXY fails to break above the 93-94 level that marked the…
An Optimistic Outlook For AUD/USD…
Highlights Metals prices are likely to suffer in the short term on the back of weakening Chinese demand and fading inflationary pressures. Accordingly, in our most recent Global Asset Allocation (GAA) Quarterly Outlook, we downgraded the AUD to underweight against the greenback. Bond yields,…
Highlights Global oil demand will remain betwixt and between recovery and relapse through 3Q21, as stronger DM consumer spending and increasing mobility wrestles with persistent concerns over COVID-19-induced lockdowns in Latin America and Asia. These concerns will be allayed as vaccines become…