AUD

Australian December unemployment rate 3.5% vs. expected at 3.4% and prior also 3.4%

• Employment change -14.6K vs. +22.5K expected and prior +64K

AUDUSD falls below 100 hour MA

• AUDUSD gives up earlier gains

AUDUSD has up and down and up day. Test a swing area high.

• The fall below the 100 hour MA failed earlier today keeping the buyers in control

Australian monthly consumer confidence data +5% to 84.3

Australia weekly consumer confidence survey rose, still deeply pessimistic at 87.7

AUD/USD forecast as high at 0.7130

Australia private survey monthly inflation 0.2% m/m (prior +1.0%) & 5.9% y/y (prior 5.9%)

AUDUSD dips to the 100 hour MA and finds buyers on the first look

• AUDUSD below Monday's lows. Hurdle in the short term on the upside.

Australian housing finance (November) dribbling lower in the face of higher interest rates

ICYMI - Officials in China's Guangdong province get go-ahead to clear coal from Australia

Credit Suisse targets AUD/USD towards 0.7305 in Q1

AUDUSD reaches a new high going back to end of August, but backs off

• AUDUSD moves back toward 50% of the 2022 trading range

Australian trade data for November, imports down, exports little changed (m/m)

China's Global Times: "Chinese companies resume Australian coal imports"

Australia November 2022 retail sales data: +1.4% m/m (prior +0.4%)