#USDMXN @ 18.2251 The Mexican Peso trimmed some of its weekly losses after depreciating to 18.40 weekly. (Pivot Orderbook analysis)

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• The Mexican Peso trimmed some of its weekly losses after depreciating to 18.40 weekly.
• US job data sparks recession fears as Initial Jobless Claims rise to 228K.
• US Nonfarm Payrolls are expected to decelerate from February’s 311K to 240K.

The pair currently trades last at 18.2251.

The previous day high was 18.4018 while the previous day low was 18.1036. The daily 38.2% Fib levels comes at 18.2879, expected to provide resistance. Similarly, the daily 61.8% fib level is at 18.2175, expected to provide support.

The Mexican Peso (MXN) snapped three days of consecutive losses and advances against the US Dollar (USD) due to a late improvement in risk sentiment. Therefore, the USD/MXN dropped from around the 20-day Exponential Moving Average (EMA) and trades at around 18.2285, down 0.04%.

Wall Street finished the week with gains. The latest round of jobs data revealed in the United States (US) economic calendar increased the likelihood of a recession. The Initial Jobless Claims for the last week rose by 228K, crushed estimates of 200K, but trailed the previous week’s data, which was revised to 246K. Continuing claims, which smooths week-to-week changes, were little changed at 1.82 in the week ending March 25.

From the start of the week, the US PMI’s employment index has indicated that job creation is slowing down. This was confirmed by the US JOLTs Opening report, which demonstrated a decrease in job openings. As a result, there is now increased speculation that the Federal Reserve may halt its tightening cycle.

The St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said the first quarter was stronger than expected. Additionally, Bullard said inflation would be “sticky going forward” and that the Fed “needs to stay at it” to get inflation back to its 2% target.

Meanwhile, the US Dollar Index, a measure of the buck’s value vs. a basket of six currencies, edged higher towards the end of the New York session, up 0.31%, at 101.905, but failed to bolster the USD/MXN.

On the Mexican front, speculations that the Bank of Mexico (Banxico) might end its tightening cycle depreciated the MXN by 1.2% in the week. BofA Global Research strategists wrote, “Banxico dropped the hiking bias at its most recent policy decision and said that future movements would depend on the inflation outlook, which is now improving.”

“Banxico dropped the hiking bias at its most recent policy decision and said that future movements would depend on the inflation outlook, which is now improving,” BofA Global Research strategists wrote in a note.

“Banxico will likely cut when the US Fed cuts, but not before, and not more than the Fed,” BofA strategists said.

On Friday, the US economic docket would release the US Nonfarm Payrolls report for March, is expected to decelerate to 240K after February’s astonishing 311K. The Unemployment Rate is estimated to stay steady at 3.6%, while Average Hourly Earnings are declining to 4.3% YoY, vs. 4.6% in February.

Technical Levels: Supports and Resistances

USDMXN currently trading at 18.2354 at the time of writing. Pair opened at 18.3046 and is trading with a change of -0.38 % .

The pair remains strongly bearish on the daily time frame. It trades below the 20 SMA @ 18.4637, 50 SMA 18.4927, 100 SMA @ 18.9153 and 200 SMA @ 19.5035.

The previous day high was 18.4018 while the previous day low was 18.1036. The daily 38.2% Fib levels comes at 18.2879, expected to provide resistance. Similarly, the daily 61.8% fib level is at 18.2175, expected to provide support.

Note the levels of interest below:

• Pivot support is noted at 18.1382, 17.9717, 17.8399
• Pivot resistance is noted at 18.4365, 18.5683, 18.7347

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