Flash: Risk for NZD/USD to target the low 0.70’s - Westpac

FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - According to Westpac FX Strategy Team, NZD/USD remains poised to test the bottom of a 2-month range at 0.7685, with a resolution below setting the stage for much deeper falls towards the low 0.70’s.

Westpac adds: "Fed tapering remains the main factor here so that a start at the Sep FOMC is probably required keep our bearish NZD/USD outlook intact." Looking at NZ fundamentals, the bank states "they remains supportive but there are no major data releases until the RBNZ’s MPS on 12 Sep."

Flash: Far-reaching ramifications of EM sell-off + QE taper - RBS

One trader from the RBS US Treasury trading desk made the following observation, highlighted by Greg Gibbs, FX Strategist at RBS, in today's Asian Research report: “The 20+bp rally off the high yields the past few days did not in any way alleviate the currency crisis in EM/Asia”. Drawing a conclusion that “the exit from EM currencies combined with the beginning of the withdrawal of QE stimulus has far-reaching ramifications that the market is only starting to realize.”
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AUD/JPY consolidating a bit after first stage of corrective bounce; upside target 90.12

The AUD/JPY – the nouveau global risk proxy - continued its bounce off of its short-term downside support at 86.39 Thursday as it topped out at near 88 at 02:00 GMT and has been consolidating / correcting since.
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