MYR: Dovish Fed GIves MYR a Boost in Wednesday Trade

US Equities traded sideways as the market turned its focus towards the FOMC this week and what the potential upcoming cutting cycle could look like. This morning US futures have had a muted open, E-minis +0.05%, NQU5 +0.05%. The JPY crosses move higher seems to have stalled for now, fresh impetus is needed. Could the FOMC or the BOJ this week give it the nudge it needs ?

• EUR/JPY - Overnight range 172.79 - 173.44, Asia is trading around 173.00. The pair is consolidating around 173.00 as the move found sellers again back towards 173.50. The range looks to be 171.00-174.00 for now.
• GBP/JPY - Overnight 199.67 - 200.47, Asia trades around 200.00. This pair continues to struggle on any move above 200.00, a clear sustained break above 200.00 is needed to regain momentum higher.
• NZD/JPY - Overnight range 87.86 - 88.12, Asia is currently dealing 87.85. The pair topped out above 88.00 on Friday, a sustained move back above 88.00/88.50 and I will have to reassess my bias lower.
• CNH/JPY - Overnight range 20.6878 - 20.7739, Asia is currently trading around 20.7100. This pair has remained above its pivotal 20.30/20.40 support. The pair continues to trade comfortably within its recent 20.40-21.00 range.

Fig 1 : CNH/JPY 2H Chart

Source: MNI - Market News/Bloomberg Finance L.P

• Property Investment YTD YoY and Residential Property Sales YoY declined more than expected in August.  
• Property Investment YTD YoY fell -12.9%, its largest monthly decline.  It has not recorded a positive monthly result since March 2022.  
• Residential Property Sales YoY declined -7.0% in August, the worst result for 2025.  It has not recorded a positive monthly result since July 2023.  
• Recently Shenzhen announced measures to support the property prices and bring their policies in line with Beijing and Shanghai.  The announcements as of September 6 included easing of home purchase restrictions for non residents, removal of home purchase limits and lowering down payment requirements.  

While a federal election is not due in Australia until May 2028, the latest Newspoll published in The Australian shows that there is little challenge to the government in the current political landscape with the two-party preferred measure in the poll rising to 58/42 in favour of the incumbent Labor Party after 55.2/44.8 in May’s election. The survey was taken last week as Liberal party infighting was very prominent in the news. 

• Newspoll reports that the primary vote for the opposition Liberal-National Party fell to 27%, a new low, after 31.8% at this year’s election. The Liberals elected a new leader, Sussan Ley, after Dutton lost his seat but her net approval in the September survey fell to -17, down 10 points from the 20 July Newspoll but still above Dutton’s end April -24. She is 20pp behind PM Albanese as preferred PM.
• The government’s ALP is not gaining from the opposition’s problems with their primary support steady around 36% (2025 election 34.6%) and minor parties benefitting instead. The right-wing One Nation polled 10% up from 6.4% in the election while the left Greens is slightly higher at 13% after 12.2%.