The AUD/USD experienced a drop below the 0.6500 area in the previous session. However, today, at the opening of the European market, the price managed to gain ground against the US Dollar (USD) following the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) announcement of maintaining its Official Cash Rate (OCR) at 4.35% during February's meeting, in line with expectations. Despite this, the AUD/USD pair weakened due to hawkish comments from Federal Reserve (Fed) Chair Jerome Powell, coupled with reduced commodity prices.
On Tuesday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics released Retail Sales (QoQ) data, indicating improvement with a 0.3% rise in the fourth quarter compared to the previous growth of 0.2%. However, with the Australian economy facing a cost-of-living crisis, there seems to be limited room for RBA policymakers to further raise interest rates. Instead, attention now turns to when the central bank might consider reducing interest rates. Investors are eagerly awaiting RBA Governor Michele Bullock's upcoming speech on the monetary policy outlook, hoping for additional insights into the central bank's stance and potential future actions.
We are monitoring the possibility of buying the AUD at a discounted price. The stochastic indicator in the Daily timeframe is in the oversold area, and the price remains near the 61.8% Fibonacci level.