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NZD/USD 0.85 zone revisited above EMA20

FXstreet.com (Chicago) - NZD/USD remains close to 0.85 with potential to peak higher as double visits to previously mentioned level demonstrate buying interests.

US Data due this week, NZ

Monday 10/21:
EIA Weekly Petroleum Inventories (postponed from previous week)

Tuesday 10/22:
Employment Report - Change in Non-Farm Payrolls/Two-Month Payroll Net Revision/Unemployment Rate; Change in Household Employment/Average Hourly Earnings; Average Weekly Hours/Underemployment Rate/Labor Force Participation Rate (Sept)
EIA Weekly Natural Gas Inventories (postponed from previous week)

Wednesday 10/23:
U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes (Sept)
EIA Weekly Petroleum Inventories

Thursday 10/24:
Job Openings & Labor Turnover Survey (Aug)
EIA Weekly Natural Gas Inventories

Tuesday 10/29:
PPI; PPI Ex-Food/Energy (Sept)

Wednesday 10/30:
CPI; CPI Ex-Food and Energy; CPI Core Index (Sept)
Real Earnings (Oct)

Friday 11/8:
Employment Report (Oct)
WASDE

Tuesday 11/19:
Employment Cost Index (Q3)

Not Yet Scheduled:
Construction Spending/Housing Starts (Aug) - expected week of 10/25
Factory Orders (Aug)
International Trade (Aug)
Wholesale Trade (Aug)
Advance Monthly Retail Sales (Sept)
Business Inventories (Sept)
Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers (Q3)
Productivity and Costs (Prelim) (Q3)
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (Sept)
U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes (Oct)
Producer Price Index (Oct)
Consumer Price Index (Oct)
Producer Price Index (Nov)
In New Zealand visitor arrivals (YoY) for September was 6.7% vs. past 6.2% results.

NZD/USD Technical Levels

Price action reveals the pair extends upward trendline from October 9th after trading range lasting over three weeks. Climbing to 0.8490 front, the pair came back from bearish attack after the US shutdown ended but proceeded price movement with 0.85 spike revisited ahead of Tokyo’s opening. Offered at 0.8492, the pair oscillates between supports aligned at 0.8478 (May 9th highs), 0.8430 (September 18th highs) ahead of 0.8390 (September 23rd highs) and the resistances set at 0.8525 (session highs), 0.8554 (April 30th highs) followed by 0.8588 (May 1st highs).

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