Australian, New Zealand and Canadian Dollars All Hit By Carry Trade Liquidation (page 2 of 2)

Is Jordan telling the markets that it is ok to keep selling francs for carry trade purposes? Perhaps, but when it comes to central bankers, they have been trained to give as little information in as many words as possible. There was no Eurozone data released this morning, but manufacturing PMI will be due for release tomorrow. We will be using PMI as a leading indicator for German factory orders next week.

Australian, New Zealand and Canadian Dollars All Hit By Carry Trade Liquidation

The Australian, New Zealand and Canadian dollars were hit by US dollar strength, carry trade liquidation and softer commodity prices. Even though we are looking for further appreciation in the commodity currencies over the medium term, today's move marks a turning point for many of these currencies. The sell-offs have been strong and if non-farm payrolls are as good as we expect, there could be continuation. There will be better opportunities to buy these currencies once they have stabilized. Economic data from Australia was better than expected; retail sales and manufacturing PMI both increased significantly. The trade deficit however widened, but that should take backseat to the other data. Canadian employment will be released tomorrow. After the sharp rise in September, employment growth is expected to slow.

British Pound Hit By Dollar Weakness Not Softer Economic Data

Although it would be easy to say that the weakness in the British pound today was attributed to the softer manufacturing PMI and CBI Distributive Trades report, that is not the case. The pound actually rallied after the numbers even though manufacturing conditions were the slowest in a year and distributive trade, which is a reflection of retail sales dropped from 12 to 10 last month. Construction sector PMI is due for release tomorrow and that is expected to be weak as well, but the price action of the British pound will be determined by US non-farm payrolls and not UK economic data.

Dow Meltdown Leads to Carry Trade Liquidation

With the US stock market falling 360 points, it would be surprising if the Japanese Yen crosses did not melt down today. The correlation between these assets remains strong and we expect further weakness in the Dow to lead to further weakness for carry trades.