New Zealand Dollar rises as Chinese officials vow more support for economy

• The New Zealand Dollar rises on increased optimism regarding its largest trading partner, China.
• The Kiwi gains traction after the PBOC decides to keep rates unchanged and pumps more liquidity into the economy.
• NZD/USD continues to rebound, resuming the short-term uptrend from last week.

The New Zealand Dollar (NZD) is trading higher against the US Dollar (USD) at the start of the new week, as optimism surrounding the outlook for China, New Zealand’s chief trading partner, supports the NZD – and the USD suffers more losses.    

Daily digest market movers: New Zealand Dollar buoyed by improved sentiment around China 

• The New Zealand Dollar rises, benefiting from increased optimism over the outlook for China, its biggest trading partner. 
• On Monday, Chinese officials reiterated their vow to roll out more policy support for the country’s beleaguered real estate sector. 
• During the Asian session, The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) held its policy meeting and decided to leave its benchmark Loan Prime Rate (LPR) near record lows of 3.45%. It also injected about 80 billion Yuan of liquidity into the economy.
• The PBOC also set a stronger-than-expected daily midpoint for the USD/CNY fix. 
• The US Dollar, on the other hand, was weighed down by the expectation that the Federal Reserve (Fed) has concluded raising interest rates. 
• Since higher interest rates tend to increase demand for a currency because they attract foreign capital inflows, this has weighed on USD. 
• In fact, markets are now pricing in the possibility of nearly 100 bps of Fed rate cuts by December 2024, which has led to a sharp decline in US Treasury bond yields, which are closely correlated with the USD. The yield on the benchmark 10-year US government bond fell to a two-month low on Friday and continues to undermine the US Dollar.
• The next major release for the New Zealand Dollar is the New Zealand Trade Balance for October, out at 21:45 GMT. 

New Zealand Dollar technical analysis: NZD/USD may be forming potential bottoming formation

NZD/USD – the number of US Dollars one New Zealand Dollar can buy – continues its rebound on Monday, peaking close to the key October highs at (0.6050 – 0.6055). 

New Zealand Dollar vs US Dollar: Daily Chart

The pair remains in a short-term bullish trend, biasing longs; this holds true as long as the November 14 lows at 0.5863 stay intact. 

The zone around the October highs has been touched multiple times this year, making it an important support and resistance level. As a result of its heightened significance, it is likely to yield a volatile push higher when it is eventually broken.

A decisive break above 0.6055 would change the outlook to bullish in the medium term, indicating the possibility of the birth of a new uptrend. Such a move would then initially target the 200-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) at around 0.6100.

A possible bullish inverse head and shoulders pattern may have formed at the lows. The pattern is identified by the labels applied to the chart above. L and R stand for the left and right shoulders, whilst H stands for the head. If the neckline at the October highs is decisively breached, it will indicate a substantial move to the upside, to a target at 0.6215. 

A decisive break would be one accompanied by a long green candle or three green candles in a row. 

As things stand, the medium and long-term trends are both still bearish, however, suggesting the potential for more downside remains strong.