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• AUD/USD -0.2% Wed as Aug monthly inflation slightly undershoots forecasts
• AU Aug CPI +0.4% m/m, +4.0% y/y (Reuters poll: +0.5%, +4.1% respectively)
• RBA Governor Bullock hopes policy restrictive enough to temper inflation
• Fed President John Williams sees no urgency for next FFR hike
• Futures pricing implies chance of Oct 28 Fed hike has declined to 53.0%
• AUD targets 0.6920 support, break above 0.7063 100-DMA may shift narrative
• Range Asia 0.6970-95 support 0.6920 0.6865 0.6834, resistance 0.7282
AUD Daily 21/55/100-DMA
(James Connell is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.)