Market News and Charts for August 12, 2019 EUR/NZD

The pair was not able to sustain its strength after it failed to break out from key resistance line, which will send the pair lower towards a major support line. The Royal Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) cut its benchmark interest rate in response to the escalating trade war between the United States and China. This will cause an advantage for New Zealand exports against countries affected by the trade war. Amid the threat that U.S. President Donald Trump will impose tariff to the European Union, the European Central Bank (ECB) had hold on to its benchmark interest rate. The ECB will resume their interest rate meeting by September, which will also be the last time that the incumbent ECB President Mario Draghi will be attending the said meeting as he is about to pass the ECB presidency to the former IMF (International Monetary Fund) Director Christine Lagarde in October.