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NZ On Holiday Ahead Of Prime Minister's Policy Statement

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NZD/USD treads water at the start to the new week, with New Zealand markets shut in observance of Waitangi Day. The rate trades at $0.6615, with bears looking for a slide through Jan 28 low of $0.6530 towards Sep 24, 2020/Aug 20, 2020 lows of $0.6512/0.6489. Bulls look to a move through Feb 4 high of $0.6684, which would open up former support area located at $0.6702/03.

  • Focus turns to 2-year inflation expectations (Wednesday) as well as BusinessNZ M'fing PMI & card spending (Friday).
  • Separately, the parliamentary year will open on Tuesday, with PM Ardern due to present a policy statement to the House. Note that the address typically lacks details and is fairly broad in scope.
  • Elsewhere, RBNZ Gov Orr will speak on the "Future of Money" on Tuesday, but the Reserve Bank themselves suggested that the address is unlikely to have any market impact.

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