AUD higher after data (retail sales good; building permits & China PMI not so much)

We had the escalation headlines on the trade war earlier, in summary:

• The key takeaway from all the US / China trade war headlines from earlier

(while that is a key point, do not miss this though:

• Here is the funniest response I've seen to the US / China trade war)

Since those we've had data from ozzAustralia and China:

• Australia February retail sales: +0.6% m/m(expected +0.3%) ... beat
• Australia - February building approvals: -6.2% m/m (expected -5.0%) ... miss

and

• Falls for both services and composite PMIs from Caixin / Markit for China in March

AUD/USD is shrugging it all off - its at session highs and on the first resistance band I noted earlier: