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Recently ONS figures indicate that wage growth continues to ease, recording 4.8 per cent (excluding bonuses) in the third quarter of 2024, its lowest level since June 2022.
The NZD/USD halts its three-day losing streak, trading around 0.5850 during the Asian session on Friday. The New Zealand Dollar (NZD) might have received downward pressure as the Business NZ Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI) fell to 45.8 in October, down from a revised 47.0 in September, reaching its lowest level since July 2024.
The NZD/USD pair holds gains after mixed key data was released from its close trading partner China. Retail Sales rose 4.8% year-over-year in October, surpassing the expected 3.8% and the 3.2% increase seen in September. Meanwhile, the country’s Industrial Production grew by 5.3% YoY, slightly below the forecasted 5.6% but higher than the 5.4% growth recorded in the previous period.
During its press conference on Friday, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) shared its economic outlook, noting an improvement in China's consumer expectations in October. The bureau plans to intensify policy adjustments and boost domestic demand, highlighting that recent policies have had a positive impact on the economy.
The US Dollar (USD) remains stable near its fresh 2024 highs, despite indications of slowing in "Trump trades." The US Dollar Index (DXY), which measures the dollar's performance against six major currencies, hovers around 107.00, near its highest level since November 2023.
Market attention is now shifting to the release of US October Retail Sales data on Friday, along with remarks from Federal Reserve officials. On Thursday, Fed Chair Jerome Powell commented that the recent performance of the US economy has been "remarkably good," providing the Fed with the flexibility to gradually lower interest rates.
What key factors drive the New Zealand Dollar?
The New Zealand Dollar (NZD), also known as the Kiwi, is a well-known traded currency among investors. Its value is broadly determined by the health of the New Zealand economy and the country’s central bank policy. Still, there are some unique particularities that also can make NZD move. The performance of the Chinese economy tends to move the Kiwi because China is New Zealand’s biggest trading partner. Bad news for the Chinese economy likely means less New Zealand exports to the country, hitting the economy and thus its currency. Another factor moving NZD is dairy prices as the dairy industry is New Zealand’s main export. High dairy prices boost export income, contributing positively to the economy and thus to the NZD.
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) aims to achieve and maintain an inflation rate between 1% and 3% over the medium term, with a focus to keep it near the 2% mid-point. To this end, the bank sets an appropriate level of interest rates. When inflation is too high, the RBNZ will increase interest rates to cool the economy, but the move will also make bond yields higher, increasing investors’ appeal to invest in the country and thus boosting NZD. On the contrary, lower interest rates tend to weaken NZD. The so-called rate differential, or how rates in New Zealand are or are expected to be compared to the ones set by the US Federal Reserve, can also play a key role in moving the NZD/USD pair.
How does economic data influence the value of the New Zealand Dollar?
Macroeconomic data releases in New Zealand are key to assess the state of the economy and can impact the New Zealand Dollar’s (NZD) valuation. A strong economy, based on high economic growth, low unemployment and high confidence is good for NZD. High economic growth attracts foreign investment and may encourage the Reserve Bank of New Zealand to increase interest rates, if this economic strength comes together with elevated inflation. Conversely, if economic data is weak, NZD is likely to depreciate.
How does broader risk sentiment impact the New Zealand Dollar?
The New Zealand Dollar (NZD) tends to strengthen during risk-on periods, or when investors perceive that broader market risks are low and are optimistic about growth. This tends to lead to a more favorable outlook for commodities and so-called ‘commodity currencies’ such as the Kiwi. Conversely, NZD tends to weaken at times of market turbulence or economic uncertainty as investors tend to sell higher-risk assets and flee to the more-stable safe havens.
More dollar strength pulled EUR/USD to a first 1.05-quote since October 2023, but that level triggered some rebound action higher. It’s only a matter of time though for a test (and potential) break of the 1.0448 range bottom in place since 2023. Next support levels stand at 1.0406 and 1.0201 which are respectively 50% and 62% retracement on EUR/USD’s bounce from 0.9536 to 1.1276 in 2022-2023. The trade-weighted dollar touched 107 with the 2023-top at 107.35 being the near-term technical reference. USD/JPY changes hands at 156, making way to the 160 potential intervention area. The Ministry of Finance conducted FX purchases both in April and in July after passing this threshold.
Fed governor Kugler – labelled amongst the most dovish FOMC members together with governor Cook, Chicago Fed Goolsbee and Philly Fed Harker on Bloomberg’s hawk-dove spectrometer – said that the Fed must focus on both inflation and jobs goals. “If any risks arise that stall progress or reaccelerate inflation, it would be appropriate to pause our policy rate cuts,” she said. “But if the labor market slows down suddenly, it would be appropriate to continue to gradually reduce the policy rate.” Kugler’s comments seem to be skewing to the upside inflation risks (stubborn housing inflation and high inflation in certain goods and services) which obviously carries some weight given her more dovish status.
US eco data played second fiddle with weekly jobless claims and producer prices squeezed in between yesterday’s CPI data and tomorrow’s retail sales. Weekly claims continue to hover at low levels (217k from 221k). Headline PPI rose by 0.2% M/M as expected, following an upwardly revised 0.1% in September. Core PPI excluding volatile food and energy categories climbed 0.3% M/M and 3.1% Y/Y (vs consensus of +0.2% M/M and 3% Y/Y). Both services costs and goods prices rose by 0.3% in October. The data triggered a tick lower in US Treasuries, but the magnitude was smaller than the past days’ declines and like in the dollar was met with a countermove following one-way traffic.
Daily changes on the US yield curve currently range between -5.9 bps and -3.6 bps with the wings of the curve outperforming the belly. German Bunds outperformed again, especially at the front end of the curve (2-yr yield -5.6 bps). We retain some interesting comments coming from Minutes of the October ECB meeting, pointing out that the disinflationary process was gathering steam with initials improvements in services as well. The ECB stance might approach neutral levels earlier than thought, cementing at least another 25 bps rate cut in December.
In its November monthly report the International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts world oil demand to rise by 920k b/d this year and just shy of an additional 1m b/d in 2025 (2024 102.8 mb/d, 2025 103.8 mb/d). The slowdown in growth from recent years reflects the end of the post-pandemic pent-up demand and below-par underlying global economic conditions, as well as clean energy technology deployment, the IEA assesses. This slowdown in growth compares to a growth of close to 2m b/d last year and 1.2 m b/d on average over the 2000-2019 period.
Regarding the demand-supply balance, the IEA expects ongoing healthy supply growth. It expects non-OPEC supply growth at 1.5m b/d this year and next year, mainly driven by US production alongside higher output from Canada, Gyana and Argentina. OPEC+ postponed a scheduled increase of 180k b/d earlier this month and will reassess its policy at a meeting early December. However, even in a scenario where OPEC+ cuts remain in place, IEA expects global supply to exceed demand by more than 1m b/d next year.
Polish GDP growth unexpectedly contracted by 0.2% Q/Q in Q3, bringing the Y/Y-growth to 2.7%. Q2 growth was strong at 1.2% Q/Q and 3.2% Y/Y. The consensus expected Q3 growth at 0.3% Q/Q. The office didn’t release any details yet. A more in depth/detail release will be published on November 28. Poor retail sales data suggest a weak performance of private consumption. The National Bank of Poland recently indicated that uncertainty on the path of inflation probably will provide little to no room to cut the policy rate before March next year. MPC member Wnorowski today reconfirmed that the NBP could start to discuss rate cuts in Q1. Even so, the Polish 2-y yield today declined slightly more than regional peers (- 8 bps to 4.98%). The zloty held strong as EUR/PLN eased from near 4.3325.
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