NZD/USD: Potential for a rebound to the 0.7000- 0.7050 area - Westpac

NZD/USD has fallen over 5 cents since mid-April and is now slightly stretched from a technical perspective and there is potential for a rebound to the 0.7000- 0.7050 area during the week ahead, if the US dollar stalls, according to Imre Speizer, Research Analyst at Westpac.

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“Market pricing for the RBNZ has now stabilised, and we don’t expect any ground-breaking economic news during the week ahead. Against that, there is still long futures speculator positioning to be cleared.”

“Longer term, we remain comfortable with our year-end forecast of 0.68, which is based on expected further rises in US interest rates.”