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AUD/USD Weekly Forecast: Posing Threat to Challenge YTD Lows

  • Better Aussie jobs report helped overcome the risk-off market sentiment.
  • As expected, Fed announced doubling the tapering speed in its December meeting.
  • Markets participants are looking at US GDP, durable goods, and Aussie Westpac Leading Index.

The AUD/USD weekly forecast suggests a positive scenario in fundamental terms. However, the technical perspective remains unchanged.

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Although the AUD/USD pair fell to 0.6992, its lowest level since November 1st, it ended the week with gains in the 0.7160 range. Due to Wednesday’s Federal Reserve decision and positive employment data in Australia, the pair benefited from broader dollar weakness.

As expected, the Fed acted, and the lack of news boosted the stock, which rallied in opposition to the dollar. Rates remained unchanged, but the central bank doubled its target to fall to $30 billion per month by 2022. The central bank will cease buying $20 billion in government bonds and $10 billion in mortgage-backed securities monthly due to this decision, and the interest rate will also be hiked earlier. Based on the Fed’s scatter chart, three rate hikes are now expected in 2022, followed by three in 2023.

The central bank revised its inflation forecast upward to 5.6% for 2021 and 2.6% for 2022, up from 4.2% and 2.2% previously. According to the current forecast, the economy will grow 4.0% in 2022, up from the previous median forecast of 3.8%, while it will grow 2.2% in 2023, up from 2.5% in September.

In November, Australia reported creating 366.1k jobs, well above the expected 200,000. On a stronger than expected economic recovery, the unemployment rate fell to 4.6%, and economic activity rose to 66.1%. Although the stock fell on Friday, dragging AUD/USD lower, the pair reached 0.7223, its highest level in more than a month.

Key data/events for the AUD/USD

aud/usd weekly forecast

Next week, we’ll have a data-driven week with the US releasing its third-quarter GDP and November durable goods orders and the EU releasing consumer confidence data. In addition, the Westpac Leading Index for Australia will be published in December, and retail sales will be published in November.

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AUD/USD weekly technical forecast: Bearish dominance to continue

aud/usd weekly forecast

Although the FOMC led gains, the AUD/USD pair closed the week back to square one. The price closed back below 20-day SMA, posing a threat to challenge 0.7100 handle ahead of 0.7100. The daily volume is, however, below the average. As long as the price remains below the ascending trendline of 0.7275, bears will keep the dominance.

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Saqib Iqbal

Saqib Iqbal

Saqib Iqbal is a market analyst, prop fund trader and mentor, serving the industry with his analysis and educational content since 2011. The author has great exposure to different financial markets and institutions. He's well-known for his day trading reviews and multiple timeframe analysis.