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Key Data Being Released Today
| Eurozone – | Manufacturing PMI (Sep) | ||||
| S&P Global Composite PMI (Sep) | |||||
| United Kingdom – | Composite PMI | ||||
| Manufacturing PMI | |||||
| Services PMI | |||||
| United States – | Manufacturing PMI (Sep) | ||||
| S&P Global Composite PMI (Sep) | |||||
| Services PMI (Sep) | |||||
Macro Report
The Aussie dollar plunged to fresh lows in wake of Federal Reserve’s 75-basis point rate decision – a third consecutive rise. The rise took the central bank’s target range for the Federal Funds rate to 3.0 to 3.25.
The AUD/USD currency pair marked a 0.62% drop yesterday, bottoming at the 0.65741 level before closing at 0.66200. The pair has been on an upward trend since opening and is up 0.33% today at 0.6644.
The US Dollar (given by the DXY) surged to two-decade highs of 111.563 before closing at 111.037 following the Fed rate rise and Powell’s speech signalling ongoing aggressive rate hikes in the future.
With the Feds leaving limited room for a Dovish take, US equities took a tumble. The S&P 500 dropped 0.84% to 3,757.99, Dow Jones lost 107.10 points, or 0.35%, to 30,076.68, and The Nasdaq Composite decline by 0.84% or 120.02 points to 11,066.80.
The economic docket for today includes a slew of manufacturing, services and composite PMIs figures for Australia, the Eurozone, the UK and the US.
AUD/USD Daily Chart
DXY (USD INDEX) Daily Chart
Major Global Markets
| Currencies | Level | Change (%) |
| AUD/USD | 0.6644 | -0.01 |
| AUD/JPY | 94.6060 | 0.02 |
| AUD/CNH | 4.7044 | -0.06 |
| DXY | 111.3530 | 0.64 |
| Rates | Yield (%) | Change |
| US 10 Year | 3.71 | 0.184 |
| Aus 10 Year | 3.83 | 0.166 |
| Equities | Level | Change (%) |
| S&P 500 | 3,757.99 | -0.84 |
| NASDAQ | 11,066.81 | -1.37 |
| ASX 200 | 6,700.20 | -1.56 |
| Commodities | Level | Change (%) |
| Iron Ore | 98.00 | -1.51 |
| Gold | 1,679.60 | -0.09 |
| Brent Crude oil | 90.46 | 0.70 |