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The Kiwi weakened against the US Dollar after the Reserve Bank of New Zealand diminished its inflation expectations. The NZD/USD currency pair dropped 0.20% or 14 base points to the 0.6894 mark to continue gradual decrease.
The RBNZ quarterly survey showed that inflation growth is likely to remain tepid, adding to expectations for the Central Bank to keep the key interest rate at the record-low level of 1.75%. The Reserve Bank revealed that the country's businesses expect yearly inflation to grow average 1.9% over the next year, compared with a 1.8% growth projection previously. Meanwhile, the Bank's two-year inflation forecasts fell to 2.0% from 2.1%
| Historical Data Table: NZ Inflation Expectations q/q | Economic Calendar for 06.11.2017 | ||||||||
| Date | 02.10.2016 | 07.02.2017 | 05.05.2017 | 07.08.2017 | 06.11.2017 | 1:00 PM | FOMC Member Yellen Speech | ||
| Actual | 1.70% | 1.90% | 2.20% | 2.10% | 2.00% | 3:00 PM | Ivey PMI | ||
| Forecast | - | - | - | - | - | 5:00 PM | Fed's Willian Dudley Speech | ||
| Initial Reaction on Main Pairs | SWFX Sentiment Indexes | ||||||||
| Open Price | Close Price | % Change | Longs | Shorts | |||||
| AUD/NZD | 1.10751 | 1.10925 | 0.16% | AUD/NZD | 37.67% | 62.33% | |||
| EUR/NZD | 1.68184 | 1.68475 | 0.17% | EUR/NZD | 31.69% | 68.31% | |||
| GBP/NZD | 1.89301 | 1.89648 | 0.18% | GBP/NZD | 64.72% | 35.28% | |||
| NZD/USD | 0.69048 | 0.68912 | -0.20% | NZD/USD | 57.09% | 42.91% | |||