Daily Insight
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Euro Exchange Rates Knocked Off Bullish Run by Lower Inflation Daily Insight
November 17 2017Australian Dollar Encouragingly, the Australian unemployment rate showed a surprise dip from 55% to 54% in October This offered the Australian … read more
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Lacklustre Wage Growth Put Australian Dollar Under Pressure Daily Insight
November 16 2017Australian Dollar The mood towards the ‘Aussie’ soured sharply on Wednesday as the third quarter wage price index failed to pick up as forecast … read more
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Sterling Slumps Under Growing Tory Dissent Daily Insight
November 14 2017Australian Dollar Lingering disappointment over the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) downgraded forecasts kept the ‘Aussie’ under pressure on … read more
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RBA Cuts Forecasts to Prompt AUD Slump Daily Insight
November 13 2017Australian Dollar Markets were not impressed by the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) decision to lower its economic forecasts in its latest … read more
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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