Daily Insight
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New Zealand Dollar Steady Ahead of RBNZ Policy Announcement Daily Insight
August 9 2018Australian Dollar Comments from Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Philip Lowe sounded a rather upbeat note on the domestic outlook yesterday … read more
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Daily Insight
August 8 2018Australian Dollar The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) offered no surprises, with interest rates now having remained on hold for the last two years … read more
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Australian Dollar Under Pressure in Anticipation of RBA Daily Insight
August 7 2018Australian Dollar A steady showing from July’s TD Securities inflation reading offered the Australian Dollar little in the way of support at the … read more
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Rising Retail Sales Bolster Australian Dollar Daily Insight
August 6 2018Australian Dollar An unexpectedly sharp uptick in second quarter Australian retail sales excluding inflation encouraged the Australian Dollar to … read more
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Unanimous BoE Interest Rate Hike Fails to Boost Pound Daily Insight
August 3 2018Australian Dollar The Australian trade surplus widened further than forecast in June, encouraging confidence in the health of the domestic economy … read more
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Pound Holds Steady Ahead of BoE Interest Rate Decision Daily Insight
August 2 2018Australian Dollar July’s Australian manufacturing PMI failed to offer any support to AUD exchange rates yesterday as the index dipped from 574 to … read more
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Weakening Chinese Growth Failed to Drag Australian Dollar Lower Daily Insight
August 1 2018Australian Dollar While the latest Chinese manufacturing PMI disappointed forecasts this failed to prevent Australian Dollar exchange rates … read more
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Euro Gains Ground in Spite of Softened German Inflation Daily Insight
July 31 2018Australian Dollar A sharp decline in copper prices put pressure on the commodity-correlated Australian Dollar at the start of the week Reports that … read more
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Less Hawkish ECB Leaves Euro Under Pressure Daily Insight
July 27 2018Australian Dollar Despite the second quarter Australian import and export price indexes bettering forecast the mood towards the Australian Dollar … read more
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Underwhelming Inflation Prompts Australian Dollar Slide Daily Insight
July 26 2018Australian Dollar Investors were ultimately disappointed by the second quarter Australian consumer price index data, in spite of the headline index … read more