Australian Employment Preview: Hopeful figures to lift the aussie toward the 0.70 threshold

Australia will release May employment data this Thursday at 01:30 GMT and the country is expected to have lost 125K job positions. Now trading around 0.6800, AUD/USD could hit the psychological 0.70 level on an upbeat reading while if figures disappoint the aussie may slide toward 0.677, FXStreet’s Chief Analyst Valeria Bednarik briefs.

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“Australia is expected to have lost 125K job positions, an ‘improvement’ from the previous -594.3K. The unemployment rate is foreseen ticking higher to 7% from 6.2% in April, while the participation rate is foreseen at 63.7%.”

“Upbeat numbers will likely boost the aussie towards the critical 0.7000 threshold, although gains beyond this last may be short-lived.” 

“A slump on a disappointing outcome could see the AUD/USD pair falling towards 0.6830 first, and to the 0.6770 price zone later, where bulls are expected to take their chances. A bearish extension below this last will be possible if dismal numbers couple with risk-aversion.”