A less busy day on the economic data front to round out the week today

2230GMT - New Zealand - BusinessNZ Manufacturing PMI for August, prior was 53.5

2245GMT - New Zealand - Food Price Index for August, prior was +0.6%

Has anyone got anything left in the tank after yesterday's NZ action?

  • More from RBNZ Wheeler
  • RBNZ's Wheeler: Would like to see core inflation higher
  • NZ house price surge ... still on. Sales +41.7% y/y, prices +10.7% y/y
  • RBNZ - more (again) analyst responses
  • RBNZ - more analyst responses
  • RBNZ - analyst responses
  • RBNZ Governor Wheeler press conference
  • RBNZ: Cuts rates by 25bp, as expected
  • NZ - Fonterra says evidence farmers are cutting supply

On the kiwi $ ... we got a good short-cover bounce in the UK timezone and consolidation during the US. I guess its time to look at Chinese shares again for the next 'on/off' signal.

Resistance above 0.6330, and support 0.6260/70: