Daily Insight

• Australian Dollar Surges on USD and EUR Weakness Daily Insight

  December 4 2017

  Australian Dollar The Australian Dollar was on bullish form at the end of the week, thanks to positive manufacturing data on Friday Saturday’s … read more

• Lowest NZ Business Confidence since Financial Crisis Causes NZD Tumble Daily Insight

  December 1 2017

  Australian Dollar The Australian Dollar was largely on strong form yesterday, although it lost out against Pound Sterling and the Euro Data was … read more

• AUD GBP Tumbles as UK and EU Close in on Divorce Settlement Daily Insight

  November 30 2017

  Australian Dollar The Australian Dollar slumped versus its major peers yesterday after the release of strong US data This, combined with a recent … read more

• AUD GBP and AUD EUR Rise as Markets Brace for Fed Powell Hearing Daily Insight

  November 29 2017

  Australian Dollar The Australian Dollar was on mixed form yesterday, only making gains versus some of its major peers due to their weakness The … read more

• AUD Sinks on Low Risk Appetite, but NZD Soars on Rail Windfall Daily Insight

  November 28 2017

  Australian Dollar It was an incredibly quiet day yesterday in terms of global economic data, which boded ill for the Australian Dollar Risk-aversion … read more

• Outperforming Eurozone PMIs Restore Euro’s Bullish Run Daily Insight

  November 24 2017

  Australian Dollar Even in the absence of fresh domestic data AUD exchange rates were able to hold onto some gains, largely due to the weakness of a … read more

• Pound Fluctuates After OBR Significantly Lowers UK Economic Forecasts Daily Insight

  November 23 2017

  Australian Dollar The Westpac leading index showed a slight dip in October, falling from 014% to 013% as the domestic economy continues to struggle … read more

• RBA Minutes Fail to Dent Australian Dollar Demand Daily Insight

  November 22 2017

  Australian Dollar Although the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) signalled continued concern over the sluggish state of domestic wage growth this … read more

• Doubts Over Merkel’s Future Prompt EUR Exchange Rate Slump Daily Insight

  November 21 2017

  Australian Dollar Confidence in the ‘Aussie’ remained decidedly lacking at the start of the week, with investors still taking a rather bearish … read more

• Bullish Housebuilding Data Reverses US Dollar Losses Daily Insight

  November 20 2017

  Australian Dollar October’s mixed labour market data continued to weigh on the Australian Dollar ahead of the weekend, with investors still … read more