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• NZD/USD -0.4% from Tue 0.5781 high, cedes ground ahead of Fed decision Wed
• NZ Q2 current account -1.67 bln quarter (poll -2.57 bln), -14.58 bln annual
• DXY +0.2%, UST yields higher across the curve as Fed hike expectations build
• Saudi Arabia cancels shipments in wake of Houthi attacks, Brent crude +2.7%
• NZD now targeting 0.5627 ytd low, hawkish Fed may prompt move pre-month end
• RBNZ Assistant Governor Angus McGregor due to speak Thur
• Range NZ 0.57566-62, support 0.5755-60 0.5627, resistance 0.5995 0.6012
NZD Daily 21/55/100-DMA
DXY Daily 55/100/200-DMA
(James Connell is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.)