Daily Insight

• Australian Dollar Pushed Higher Ahead of Inflation Data Daily Insight

  July 25 2018

  Australian Dollar While the ANZ Roy Morgan weekly consumer confidence index slipped, falling from 1215 to 1819, this failed to weigh down the … read more

• US Dollar Plunges as Trump Criticises Fed Policy Daily Insight

  July 23 2018

  Australian Dollar The Australian Dollar received a significant boost heading into the weekend thanks to comments from Donald Trump, who criticised … read more

• Mixed Jobs Data Fails to Boost Australian Dollar Daily Insight

  July 20 2018

  Australian Dollar A surprise increase in the participation rate in June kept the overall unemployment rate on hold, in spite of a sharp uptick in … read more

• Global Trade Worries Continue to Drag on Australian Dollar Daily Insight

  July 17 2018

  Australian Dollar A modest dip in China’s second quarter gross domestic product encouraged investors to pile out of the risk-sensitive Australian … read more

• Worries Over Post-Brexit UK-US Trade Dent Pound Daily Insight

  July 16 2018

  Australian Dollar AUD exchange rates struggled to hold onto a positive footing heading into the weekend in the absence of any fresh domestic data … read more

• Australian Dollar Pushes Higher in Spite of Weakening Inflation Expectations Daily Insight

  July 13 2018

  Australian Dollar While July’s consumer inflation expectation figure dipped on the month, easing from 42% to 39%, the Australian Dollar returned … read more

• Fresh US Tariff Plans Weighed Heavily on Risk-Sensitive Australian Dollar Daily Insight

  July 12 2018

  Australian Dollar An unexpectedly large improvement in the Westpac consumer confidence index for July was not enough to boost the Australian Dollar … read more

• Euro Tumbles as German Business Confidence Hits Six-Year Low Daily Insight

  July 11 2018

  Australian Dollar As the NAB business confidence index failed to strengthen on the month as forecast this left AUD exchange rates lacking in upside … read more

• Pound Gains Collapse as Pro-Brexit Ministers Resign Daily Insight

  July 10 2018

  Australian Dollar With risk appetite on the up once again the Australian Dollar was encouraged to trend higher across the board on Monday As markets … read more

• Lacklustre US Wage Growth Boosts Australian Dollar Demand Daily Insight

  July 9 2018

  Australian Dollar A sharp decline in June’s Australian construction PMI weighed on AUD exchange rates ahead of the weekend, with the index … read more