Australian dollar rises on weak US economy

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DXY at the brink. Lousy jobs Friday will push it over.

Its Costanza Day for the AUD.

The China/ Australia marriage.

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Gold poised.

Metals lagging.

Miners meh.

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EM meh.

Junk meh.

Yield relief.

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Bad news is good news.

It a lousy ISM services and ADP that the market moving with hope of Fed relief.

The Services PMI® indicated slight contraction at 49.9 percent, below the 50-percent breakeven point for only the fourth time in 60 months since recovery from the coronavirus pandemic-induced recession began in June 2020.

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And.

ADP National Employment Report: Private Sector Employment Increased by 37,000 Jobs in May; Annual Pay was Up 4.5%.

Neither of these is especially blue chip but it was enough to promote hopes of a weak NFP on Friday as bad news becomes good once more!

That will push AUD higher if it comes.

About the author
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.