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Monday, 05 January 2009 14:13:02 GMT

New Zealand Dollar Technical Outlook

By Jamie Saettele, Senior Currency Strategist

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New Zealand Dollar (NZD)

 ico-clock Current Time - Auckland: 4:17 PM | EST: 10:17 PM | GMT: 3:17 AM


SENTIMENT AND POSITIONING
SSI Positioning

NZD/USD Ratio: -1.31
Signal: Bullish


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COT Positioning

NZD:  The NZD index has turned from 0.  Speculators were recently net short the largest amount of NZD on record (the record only goes back a few years though). 


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FUNDAMENTALS — THIS WEEKS ECONOMIC RELEASES
Most Recent Economic Releases Forecast Previous
NZD NZ Card Spending (MoM) (NOV) -0.3% (R+)
NZD Trade Balance (New Zealand dollars) (NOV) -942.0M
NZD Balance (YTD) (New Zealand dollars) (NOV) -5220
NZD Exports (New Zealand dollars) (NOV) 3.83B
NZD Imports (New Zealand dollars) (NOV) 4.78B
NZD Business NZ Performance of Manufacturing Index (DEC) 35.4


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Technicals - Support and Resistance for NZD
Support and Resistance Levels Interest Rate Outlook
Key Levels Strength Comments Timeframe Target
R4 0.6284 High 61.8% Fibo 0.6955 - 0.5196 Benchmark 5.00
R3 0.6106 High 100-Day SMA
R2 0.6075 50.0% Fibo 0.6955 - 0.5196 1 Week 5.000
R1 0.6000 Medium Psychological Resistance 1 Month N/A
S1 0.5713 High 20-Day SMA 3 Month N/A
S2 0.5644 High 50-Day SMA 6 Month N/A
S3 0.5500 Medium Psychological Support 9 Month N/A
S4 0.5419 Medium Bollinger Band Support 1 Year 4.413
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FROM THE CENTRAL BANK
  Central Bank: Reserve Bank of New Zealand
  Current Bias: Hawkish
  Current Interest Rate: 5.00%
  Last Change: 12/03/08 cut 150bp
  Next Meeting: 01/29/09    More Dates
Latest RBNZ Interest Rate Outlook		  
Central Bank Governor:  Dr. Alan Bollard

Current Voting Members:  Dr. Alan Bollard