The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) surprised markets with a dovish policy decision today. RBA left rates unchanged, with the main cash rate staying at 4.10%. Median consensus among economists surveyed by Bloomberg was for a 25 basis point rate hike. Meanwhile, money markets saw a less than 40% chance of a 25 bp rate move today. Ultimately, it turned out that the market was right and economists seem to have overestimated the impact of solid jobs data on RBA stance and underestimated impact of lower-than-expected Q2 CPI data. While statement released along with the decision did not rule out further hikes, there is a feeling that RBA may stay on pause now. Why? There is a number of reasons:
- Albeit still solid, labour market is loosening up
- Inflation trends develops better than expected
- Previous rate hikes are impacting economy, crimping demand
Having said that, RBA may want to stay on hold for now as its previous policy actions seem to be taking effect. Money markets also support this view - no change in the level of rates is priced in for September or October meetings.
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Open real account TRY DEMO Download mobile app Download mobile appTraders will get to hear from one more central bank this week - Bank of England on Thursday, 12:00 pm BST. Economists also expected BoE to deliver 25 basis point rate hike, just as they did in case of RBA. However, in this case there is no disconnect between economists and money markets - money markets fully price in a 25 bp BoE rate move this week. Moreover, a total of three 25 basis point rate hikes is priced in for the next three meetings. The biggest risk for GBP seems to be a potential dovish turn from BoE, similar to Fed and RBA. However, it looks rather unlikely that given current economic picture in the United Kingdom, Bank of England will decide to stay on hold and issue a dovish guidance.
Money markets see 75 basis points of cumulative tightening over the next 3 BoE meetings. Source: Bloomberg
Taking a look at GBPAUD at H1 interval, we can see that a recent drop on the pair was halted at the 200-hour moving average (purple line) in the 1.9085 area. Pair rallied today, driven by AUD weakness, and has almost fully erased the aforementioned drop. A near-term resistance zone to watch can be found ranging below 1.9350 mark. Source: xStation5
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