Tuesday 10th Mar 2:30pm(NZT)
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s announcement last week that they are looking at creating a new asset class for property investing caused a sharp turnaround for this pair. Until then the NZD was gaining ground against the Japanese Yen having just traded up over 91.00. But that announcement undermined support for the NZD and a sharp correction lower has ensued. The pair has traded to a low of 88.64 so far and the risks remain skewed to the downside. The key event this week will be the RBNZ monetary policy statement on Thursday morning. The central bank could well heap further pressure on the currency by trying to talk it down, or by releasing further details of potential macro-prudential tools to be used on property investors. This could easily see the pair trade back toward 88.00. From Japan this week we have core machinery orders, tertiary industry activity, and consumer confidence data to digest.
Current Level Support Resistance Last week's range
NZD/YEN 89.10 88.00 90.00 88.64 - 91.09