At the moment investors adjust their positions to the possibility that the Fed may have to wait until at least June or perhaps September before hiking rates for a second time in 2017. Going into Friday’s jobs report, investors were pricing in the possibility of four rate hikes in 2017 – one each quarter.
Aussie slightly higher in a quiet Monday trade
There were no data releases from Australia today. A weaker U.S. Dollar is helping to drive the Australian Dollar higher early Monday. The AUD/USD is rebounding after a steep sell-off last week. The catalyst is a drop in U.S. Treasury yields tied to the mixed U.S. Non-Farm Payrolls report on Friday.
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