Daily Insight

• Increasingly Cautious RBA Outlook Drives Australian Dollar Sell-off Daily Insight

  February 10 2020

  Note of RBA Caution Weighs Heavily on Australian Dollar Signs of increasing caution within the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) statement on … read more

• Australian Dollar Slides Ahead of RBA Policy Statement Daily Insight

  February 7 2020

  Narrowed Trade Surplus Pressures Australian Dollar December’s trade balance fell short of forecast, showing a surprise narrowing of the trade … read more

• Australian Dollar Surges on Reports of a Coronavirus Breakthrough Daily Insight

  February 6 2020

  Australian Dollar (AUD) Soars on Coronavirus Vaccine Reports After taking a slight knock in early trade in the wake of some dovishness from Reserve … read more

• Australian Dollar Surges as RBA Keeps Rates Unchanged Daily Insight

  February 5 2020

  Australian Dollar (AUD) Surges as RBA Leaves Rates on Hold The Australian Dollar (AUD) roared higher on Tuesday in response to the Reserve Bank of … read more

• Lack of Chinese Manufacturing Growth Weighs Heavily on Australian Dollar Daily Insight

  February 3 2020

  Chinese Manufacturing Stagnation Pushes Australian Dollar Down As the Chinese manufacturing PMI slipped to 500 for January this prompted a fresh … read more

• Pound Bounces Back as BoE Remains on Hold Daily Insight

  January 31 2020

  Australian Dollar Extends Losses on Decline in Export Prices AUD exchange rates failed to find any support on the back of the fourth quarter … read more

• Rising Inflation Fails to Prevent Further Australian Dollar Losses Daily Insight

  January 30 2020

  Inflation Rate Uptick Unable to Shore up Australian Dollar The fourth quarter consumer price index surprised to the upside, clocking in at 18% … read more

• Australian Dollar Falls on Fears Coronavirus Outbreak Could Impact ‘Aussie’ Economy Daily Insight

  January 27 2020

  China’s Coronavirus Outbreak Could Weaken Demand for the Australian Dollar The Australian Dollar (AUD) is likely to continue to be moved by … read more

• 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