By John Noonan — May 17 - 06:35 PM
AUD/USD opens +0.08% after recovering from 2-week low at 0.6629
AUD/USD underpinned by AUD/JPY buying - as the cross rose 1.25%
US debt ceiling optimism led to heavy unwinding of safe-haven hedges nL1N37E0UO
Capping AUD/USD gains was a strong rise in US Treasury yields nL8N37E5J1
AUD/USD resistance is at the 10-day MA at 0.6708
Support is at the March 10 and 2023 low at 0.6564
April Aus jobs data today will be closely watched by markets and the RBA
The RBA's hawkish bias is largely due to Australia's tight labour market
Market is expecting +25 K jobs and unemployment to remain at 3.5%
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Source:
Refinitiv IFR Research/Market Commentary