Daily Insight
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‘Kiwi’ Rallies After More Upbeat RBNZ Meeting Daily Insight
November 10 2017Australian Dollar September’s home loans data fell significantly short of forecast to deliver a contraction of -23% on the month This weakening of … read more
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Pound Slumps as May’s Political Headache Intensifies Daily Insight
November 9 2017Australian Dollar Even though the latest raft of Chinese trade data fell short of forecasts the mood towards the Australian Dollar improved on … read more
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Bullish Economic Confidence Pushes US Dollar Higher Daily Insight
November 8 2017Australian Dollar As the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) opted to leave interest rates on hold once again the ‘Aussie’ came under fresh pressure … read more
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Australian Dollar Gains Ground Ahead of RBA Decision Daily Insight
November 7 2017Australian Dollar A modest uptick in the TD Securities inflation estimate for October encouraged the ‘Aussie’ to make renewed gains at the start … read more
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Stagnant Retail Sales Pushed AUD Rates Lower Daily Insight
November 6 2017Australian Dollar While the latest services PMI remained in growth territory, in spite of a modest softening, this failed to support the … read more
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Pound Plunges in Spite of BoE Interest Rate Hike Daily Insight
November 3 2017Australian Dollar Confidence in the ‘Aussie’ strengthened sharply in the wake of a better-than-expected widening of the trade surplus This was … read more
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Falling NZ Unemployment Buoyed New Zealand Dollar Daily Insight
November 2 2017Australian Dollar While the Australian manufacturing sector lost some of its momentum in October, with the PMI dipping from 542 to 511, this failed … read more
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Pound Surges on Hopes of Brexit Talks ‘Speeding Up’ Daily Insight
November 1 2017Australian Dollar Another disappointment weighed on the ‘Aussie’ on Tuesday as private sector credit failed to pick up on the year as expected … read more
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New Zealand Dollar Under Pressure Over Potential RBNZ Changes Daily Insight
October 31 2017Australian Dollar Demand for the ‘Aussie’ was relatively limited at the start of the week, largely thanks to a data-light day of trading Without … read more
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‘Greenback’ Soars on Robust US Growth Data Daily Insight
October 30 2017Australian Dollar Unsurprisingly, the third quarter Australian producer price index showed modest slowing on the year to ease from 17% to 16% This … read more