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NZDUSD 2016-11-15



Although the upcoming Dairy Auction may provide some bullish momentum to the Kiwi along with GDP and Retail Sales growth, overall bearish sentiment still weighs in on the Kiwi and amidst strong US fundamentals, bearish NZDUSD momentum manifests driving the pair down to key support levels of 0.7000 and 0.69000.

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