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• AUD/USD +0.1% in early Asia, battling to clear 0.7210-15 resistance zone
• Market reaction muted after U.S. & Iran exchange fire over weekend
• AUD targets 0.72825 50-month high, break above will open topside materially
• Futures pricing now implies 71.0% probability of Sep RBA hike
• U.S. Aug non-farm payrolls +162k (poll +56k), fans FFR hike expectations
• Attention swings to pivotal U.S. Aug PPI (due Wed) & CPI (due Thur)
• RBA officials Sarah Hunter and Andrew Hauser speaking in Sydney Tue
• Range Asia 0.7197-05 support 0.6920 0.6866, resistance 0.7210-15 0.7282
AUD Daily 21/55/100-DMA
(James Connell is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.)