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• AUD/USD -0.8% from Wed 0.7141 high after FOMC delivers hawkish rate hike
• 1st Fed hike in over 3-years, a unanimous decision, FFR target 3.75-4.00%
• Trump says U.S. interest rates should be lower than 1% in garbled messaging
• AUD break below 0.7100 an ominous sign, puts 18-month long uptrend at risk
• Some support near 0.7078 100-DMA & 0.7067 55-DMA, but downside open below
• Broad USD index up 0.7%, 2Y UST yields 4.73% near two-year high
• RBA officials (including Bullock) before parliamentary committee on Fri
• Overnight range 0.7075-0.7141 support 0.6920, resistance 0.72825 0.7661
AUD Weekly 52-WMA
AUD 21/55/100-DMA
DXY Daily 55/100/200-DMA
(James Connell is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.)