• NZD/USD trades on a softer note around 0.6165 in Monday’s Asian session. 
• Traders pull back expectations for a 50 bps cut from the Fed at its November meeting after the upbeat NFP data. 
• The RBNZ is expected to cut another OCR in its October meeting on Wednesday. 

The NZD/USD pair remains on the defensive near 0.6165 during the early Asian session on Monday. The firmer Greenback after the encouraging US employment data exerts some selling pressure on the pair. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) interest decision will take center stage on Wednesday.

The recent US economic data indicated strength in labor conditions and will likely support the case for the US Federal Reserve's (Fed) rate cuts by 25 basis points (bps) in November and December. Traders are now pricing in around 97.4% possibility of 25 bps Fed rate cuts in September, up from 31.1% before the NFP data, according to the CME Fedwatch Tool. Lower bets of an aggressive Fed rate cut boost the US Dollar (USD) against the Kiwi. 

Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee emphasized on Friday that the September jobs report doesn't alter the view that interest rates can come down "a lot" over the next year and a half. Goolsbee further stated that the central bank will be careful not to keep rates as "restrictive as they are," even with inflation close to the 2% target and the labor market healthy.