Daily Insight

• Australian Dollar Jumps Thanks to Unemployment Rate Surprise Daily Insight

  January 24 2020

  Improved Unemployment Rate Offers Australian Dollar Boost December’s unemployment rate saw a surprise improvement, falling from 52% to 51% and … read more

• Surge in UK Business Optimism Fuels Pound Gains Daily Insight

  January 23 2020

  Australian Dollar Falters on Underwhelming Consumer Confidence As the Westpac consumer confidence index saw a fresh deterioration in January support … read more

• Steady UK Wage Growth Encourages Pound Rebound Daily Insight

  January 22 2020

  Market Malaise Limits Australian Dollar Support A modest uptick in the ANZ Roy Morgan weekly consumer confidence index was not enough to boost the … read more

• German Slowdown Fears Drive Euro Losses Daily Insight

  January 21 2020

  Australian Dollar Traction Limited on Data-Light Day The Australian Dollar struggled to find any particular traction against its rivals yesterday … read more

• Surprise UK Sales Decline Drags on Pound Daily Insight

  January 20 2020

  29-Year Low in Chinese Growth Limits Australian Dollar Demand The fourth quarter Chinese gross domestic product came in at 6% as forecast, helped by … read more

• Card Spending Slump Weighs on New Zealand Dollar Daily Insight

  January 17 2020

  Muted Response to US-China Deal Leaves Australian Dollar Softer While home loans growth did not slow as dramatically as forecast in November worries … read more

• Unexpected UK Inflation Drop Drives Pound Selling Daily Insight

  January 16 2020

  Fading US-China Trade Optimism Weighs Down Australian Dollar Anticipation ahead of the US and China signing their phase one trade agreement … read more

• Australian Dollar Fails to Capitalise on Chinese Exports Growth Daily Insight

  January 15 2020

  Stronger Chinese Exports Offer Limited Support to Australian Dollar While Chinese export volumes saw a sharp increase on the year in December this … read more

• -0.3% Monthly UK Growth Pushes Pound into Slump Daily Insight

  January 14 2020

  Australian Dollar Benefits from Inflation Gauge Uptick An uptick in the monthly TD Securities inflation gauge gave the Australian Dollar a boost as … read more

• Surprise BoE Dovishness Drags Pound Lower amid Rate Cut Bets Daily Insight

  January 10 2020

  Widened Trade Surplus Fails to Prompt Australian Dollar Gains While the November trade surplus defied forecasts to widen to 58 billion this was not … read more