Collinson FX:October 9, 2019 - Brinkmanship begins as trade talks start

by Collinson FX 9 Oct 2019 04:44 PDT 2 October 2019

Club Marine Insurance Wednesday Series - RNZYS - October 9, 2019 © Richard Gladwell

Collinson FX: October 9, 2019 - Surplus doesn't save Kiwi

US/China trade talks are scheduled to resume Thursday and the brinksmanship has begun. China has called on the US to remove punishing sanctions and have tried to limit the scope of negotiations. The US has hinted at severe repercussions, if the Chinese are not earnest in their negotiations. The latest US threats revolve around capital investment, with restrictions on US investment in Chinese companies and restricting Chinese access to US capital markets. The optics are not good!

The Political war between President Trump and the Democrats have emboldened the Chinese and weakened the Presidents hand. The NFIB Small Business Optimism reported gains as the economic conditions in the US remain strong, while the Chinese economy struggles. The EUR fell back to 1.0925, while the GBP crashed back to 1.2200, as a Brexit deal becomes less likely, while the No-Deal Brexit increases in likelihood.

The US/China trade war has not helped the trade exposed, commodity currencies. The speculation has been overwhelmingly negative and any gains in local currencies, were soon eliminated. The AUD retreated to 0.6725, while the NZD fell below 0.6300 again, despite an unexpected strong fiscal surplus announcement. The NZ Government’s fiscal position continues to improve, due to rising tax revenues, but this is not being used in stimulative infrastructure spending, probably to keep the powder dry for an election in 2020!?

Club Marine Insurance Wednesday Series - RNZYS - October 9, 2019 - photo © Richard Gladwell

Collinson FX: October 7, 2019 - High expectations from US/China trade talks

Stocks rallied to close the week, after some adequate Jobs numbers out of the USA and growing sentiment surrounding the US/China trade talks recommencing next week. Non-Farm Payrolls met expectations and headline Unemployment numbers continued lower. Unemployment in the US fell back to 3.5% reassuring markets, after weak manufacturing data, during the week. The US and China sit down next week to continue trade negotiations with the prospects positive. The EUR traded back towards 1.1000, while the Yen rallied to 106.80, as the Dollar continued to reflect the market expectations of the Fed.

Commodity currencies are dependent on the US/China trade talks and this week will determine the direction of these trade exposed currencies. Expectations are high of a favourable outcome and this would drive strong support for these currencies. Failure would be a disaster and would be reflected in the currencies. The NZD has recovered to trade above 0.6300, while the AUD pushed up to 0.6770, but the trade negotiations between the US and China are key

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