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No Standout Macro Driver Last Week

NZD

NZD/USD was pressured last week, down ~1%, dealing in a 1.4 cent range through the week. The table below presents levels of correlations between NZD and key macro drivers (note the yield differential reflects swap rates).

  • There was no standout macro driver in NZD/USD last week however Global Equities and 5-Year Yield Differentials showed the strongest correlation to the pair.
  • NZD/USD looked through stronger agriculture prices last week.
  • Over the longer time frame there is, again, no standout macro driver. Correlations with Yield Differentials have weakened a touch however they remain the more dominant macro driver for NZD/USD over the last month.
Fig 1: NZD/USD Correlations with Global Macro Drivers

Source: MNI/Bloomberg

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