Daily Insight
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Exemption From US Tariffs Boosts Australian Dollar Demand Daily Insight
March 26 2018Australian Dollar Confirmation that Australia will be exempted from US tariffs on steel and aluminium, at least temporarily, encouraged the … read more
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Pound Falls Back Despite Hawkish Signals from BoE Daily Insight
March 23 2018Australian Dollar February’s Australian labour market data proved rather mixed in nature, with the unemployment rate rising back to 56% in spite … read more
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Australian Dollar Extended Losses Ahead of Fed Interest Rate Hike Daily Insight
March 22 2018Australian Dollar While the Westpac leading index showed a modest improvement on the month in February this failed to encourage any particular … read more
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Pound Hits Post-Brexit High Against Australian Dollar Despite Weaker Inflation Daily Insight
March 21 2018Australian Dollar Unsurprisingly, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) maintained a relatively cautious tone in its March meeting minutes As … read more
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Pound Leaps as UK and EU Publish Joint Brexit Treaty Draft Daily Insight
March 20 2018Australian Dollar Fresh sell-offs in iron ore and copper prompted the Australian Dollar to shed ground at the start of the week, with markets … read more
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Unexpected Rise in US Consumer Sentiment Weakens Australian Dollar Exchange Rates as Cold Risk Appetite Drags AUD Lower Daily Insight
March 19 2018Australian Dollar Slumps versus Majors as Global Markets Shun Risk Assets Positive US economic data and fears that US trade tariffs against China … read more
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Australian Dollar Slumps as US Trade Outlook Improves Daily Insight
March 16 2018Australian Dollar The Australian Dollar was on weak form yesterday, despite rising consumer inflation expectations The latest measure of … read more
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Upbeat Outlook from RBA Kent Boosts Australian Dollar Daily Insight
March 15 2018Australian Dollar The Australian Dollar was left on strong form yesterday after numerous positive developments both domestically and internationally … read more
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Dovish BOC Prompts Severe Slump for Canadian Dollar Daily Insight
March 14 2018Australian Dollar The Australian Dollar pushed higher against some of its softer rivals on Tuesday, even as the latest raft of domestic data proved … read more
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Australian Dollar Shored up Thanks to US Tariff Exemption Daily Insight
March 13 2018Australian Dollar While January’s credit card purchases data showed an easing on the month AUD exchange rates still found some measure of support … read more