DUTCH AUCTION PREVIEW: On offer next week

• US markets returning from Easter holiday to Treasury curves twisting steeper, bonds under pressure on lighter volumes as European markets remain closed for Easter Monday.
• Currently, Jun'25 2Y & 5Y contracts trade +1-2, 10Y -3.5 at 111-02, 30Y bond -20 at 113-30. 10Y yield +.0291 at 4.3540%.
• Wires continue to report Pres Trump's wishes to interfere with the independent Federal Reserve by sacking Fed Chairman Powell, not to mention ongoing tariff related headlines.
• Initial technical support for TYM5 below at 110-15/109-08 (Low Apr 15 / 11 and the bear trigger). Resistance at 111-17+ (High Apr 16). Volume in 10s just under 130k.
• Cross asset update: US$ falls to early Jan '24 levels, BBG $ index -9.6 at 1215.08; Gold climbs to new intra-day all-time high of 3397.75; stocks weaker SPX eminis -53.50 at 5259.25.
• Limited data today: Leading index at 1000ET, Chicago Fed President Goolsbee interview on CNBC at 0830ET. Tsy bill auctions at 1130ET: $76B 13W & $68B 26W bills.

The US dollar sell off has continued through today’s APAC sell off with the USD BBDXY now down 0.8% and close to its intraday low, as confidence in the US as a safe haven wanes following uncertainty over its trade policy and now President Trump’s interference with the Fed. Unusually this has coincided with US equity futures deeply in negative territory. Flight-to-quality flows have seen the yen, euro and Swiss franc all strengthen by at least 1% against the greenback but also kiwi, which is usually risk sensitive.

• EURUSD is up 1.2% to 1.1530, close to the intraday high and exceeding 1.1500 later in the session. This is its highest level since November 2021. It has broken above resistance at 1.1495 opening up 1.1555.
• GBPUSD is 0.7% higher at 1.3392 but EURGBP is +0.4% to 0.8609, still below initial resistance, with breaks above 0.8610 short lived.
• USDCHF is down 1.0% to 0.8084 after a trough of 0.8069. EURCHF has range traded but is currently up 0.2% to 0.9319.
• USDJPY is 1.1% lower at 140.69, close to the intraday low of 140.62. The yen is now its strongest against the dollar since July 2023. EURJPY is up 0.1% to 162.19 off today’s trough of 161.65. It remains below initial resistance at 163.55.
• Equities are mixed with the S&P e-mini down 0.7% and Nikkei -1.2% but CSI 300 up 0.3% and Nifty 50 +1.1%. Oil prices lower with Brent -1.4% to $67.01/bbl. Copper is up 0.4% and iron ore is around $99/t.
• Later the Fed’s Goolsbee appears and the US March leading index is released. Europe remains closed.

Kiwi has been one of the strongest performers in today’s US dollar sell off. NZDUSD is up 1.2% to 0.6006, above 60c for the first time since November. It reached a high of 0.6007. With US equity futures selling off, Aussie has underperformed much of the G10 but is still stronger on the day. The BBDXY USD index is down 0.8%.

• AUDUSD is up 0.8% to 0.6425 after a high of 0.6427, the highest since December, above resistance at 0.6392 & 0.6409(key resistance), and approaching 0.6428. A break above this level would open up 0.6471. It has spent the latter part of the session above 64c.
• As it is underperforming the rest of the G10 except for Canada, the Aussie crosses are all weaker. AUDNZD is down 0.4% to 1.0697 after a trough of 1.0694, lowest since March.
• With the euro outperforming, AUDEUR is down 0.4% to 0.5573 but off the intraday low of 0.5555, the lowest since March 2020. AUDGBP has recovered from 0.4782 to be down only slightly at 0.4797.
• On Tuesday, NZ March trade data and preliminary April Australian S&P Global PMIs are released.