Daily Insight

• Pound Slides as May Suggests Three-Month Brexit Delay Daily Insight

  March 21 2019

  Steady Westpac Leading Index Offers Australian Dollar Little Encouragement February’s Westpac leading index stagnated on the month, although … read more

• Signs of RBA Caution Limit Australian Dollar Daily Insight

  March 20 2019

  Neutral RBA Minutes Limit Australian Dollar Appeal The Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) meeting minutes failed to offer AUD exchange rates much … read more

• Pound Slumps as Hopes for Third Meaningful Vote Fade Daily Insight

  March 19 2019

  Australian Dollar Muted Ahead of RBA Minutes The Australian Dollar struggled to find a direction yesterday in the absence of any fresh domestic data … read more

• US Dollar Returns to Downtrend on Weak Production Data Daily Insight

  March 18 2019

  Delay to US-China Trade Talks Weighs on Australian Dollar News that US and Chinese officials are now targeting April, or possibly later, for a trade … read more

• Pound Unable to Maintain Positive Momentum in spite of No-Deal Brexit Rejection Daily Insight

  March 15 2019

  Weak Chinese Industrial Production Weighs on Australian Dollar As the latest Chinese industrial production data fell short of forecast this left the … read more

• Australian Dollar Under Pressure After Consumer Confidence Miss Daily Insight

  March 14 2019

  Consumer Confidence Decline Weighs on Australian Dollar The mood towards the Australian Dollar soured yesterday as March’s Westpac consumer … read more

• Pound Plunges as Hopes of Brexit Progress Fade Daily Insight

  March 13 2019

  Weaker Business Confidence Weighs on Australian Dollar As the NAB business confidence index eased further in February this put the Australian Dollar … read more

• Rumours of Brexit Breakthrough Boost Pound Daily Insight

  March 12 2019

  Weaker Chinese Lending Weighs on Australian Dollar Support for the Australian Dollar proved limited in the wake of Sunday’s underwhelming Chinese … read more

• US Dollar Falls as US Payrolls Miss Forecasts Daily Insight

  March 11 2019

  Chinese Trade Decline Fails to Weigh Down Australian Dollar As Chinese trade data fell short of forecast this left AUD exchange rates on a weaker … read more

• Australian Dollar Rallies on Unexpected Trade Surplus Widening Daily Insight

  March 8 2019

  Widened Trade Surplus Shores up Australian Dollar A surprise widening of the Australian trade surplus offered the Australian Dollar a rallying … read more