Daily Insight

• Soft Brexit Hopes Send Pound Exchange Rates Sharply Higher Daily Insight

  January 15 2018

  Australian Dollar While Australian credit card purchases picked up slightly in November this failed to boost AUD exchange rates This latest piece of … read more

• Euro Leaps After Unexpectedly Hawkish ECB Minutes Daily Insight

  January 12 2018

  Australian Dollar November’s retail sales figure proved unexpectedly strong, surging 12% on the month as consumer spending increased This … read more

• Higher Chinese Inflation Benefits Australian Dollar Daily Insight

  January 11 2018

  Australian Dollar As the Chinese consumer price index ticked up from 17% to 18% on the year in December this encouraged markets to remain in a more … read more

• Lacklustre UK Cabinet Reshuffle Leaves Pound Under Pressure Daily Insight

  January 10 2018

  Australian Dollar While Australian building approvals unexpectedly strengthened 117% on the month in November this failed to particularly boost AUD … read more

• Hawkish Fed Comments Drive up USD Exchange Rates Daily Insight

  January 9 2018

  Australian Dollar A sharp dip in the Australian construction PMI weighed heavily on AUD exchange rates at the start of the week Investors were not … read more

• Canadian Dollar Surged on Surprise Unemployment Rate Fall Daily Insight

  January 8 2018

  Australian Dollar In a disappointing development the Australian trade balance fell significantly short of forecasts to show a deficit of -628 … read more

• Australian Dollar Loses Momentum in Spite of Uninspiring Fed Minutes Daily Insight

  January 5 2018

  Australian Dollar Even though December’s Australian services PMI showed a modest improvement on the month this failed to particularly shore up AUD … read more

• Euro Exchange Rates Lack Momentum Despite Record Low German Unemployment Daily Insight

  January 4 2018

  Australian Dollar While copper prices retreated from their highs overnight the Australian Dollar remained on bullish form Investors continued to … read more

• Pound Returns to Uptrend Despite Manufacturing PMI Disappointment Daily Insight

  January 3 2018

  Australian Dollar Even though Australia’s December manufacturing PMI proved somewhat disappointing AUD exchange rates still found some support as … read more

• Canadian Dollar Surges on Bullish Retail Sales Data Daily Insight

  December 22 2017

  Australian Dollar In the absence of fresh domestic data the Australian Dollar nevertheless returned to a generally stronger footing AUD exchange … read more