Daily Insight
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AUD Left Fluctuating after RBA Decision Daily Insight
October 4 2017Australian Dollar As expected, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left interest rates unchanged at its latest policy meeting While the accompanying … read more
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Iron Ore Slide Dents Australian Dollar Demand Daily Insight
October 2 2017Australian Dollar Even though Australian private sector credit showed a solid uptick in August, strengthening 55% on the year, this failed to boost … read more
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New Zealand Dollar Softened as RBNZ Downplayed Rate Hike Odds Daily Insight
September 29 2017Australian Dollar Confidence in the ‘Aussie’ failed to pick up on Thursday as a lack of domestic data continued to weigh on the antipodean … read more
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Hawkish Fed Talk Extends US Dollar Gains Daily Insight
September 28 2017Australian Dollar Fresh hawkish signals from the Fed weighed heavily on the commodity-correlated ‘Aussie’, with signs continuing to point … read more
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Markets Disappointed as NZ and German Election Results Provoke Uncertainty Daily Insight
September 26 2017Australian Dollar With domestic markets quiet thanks to the bank holiday the Australian Dollar lacked any particular direction at the start of the … read more
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Pound Plunged in Response to Disappointing Brexit Speech Daily Insight
September 25 2017Australian Dollar Even as the war of words between the US and North Korea continued to escalate ahead of the weekend this did not prevent the … read more
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‘Aussie’ Under Pressure as RBA Looks Left Behind in Global Tightening Cycle Daily Insight
September 22 2017Australian Dollar Demand for the ‘Aussie’ weakened sharply on Thursday in response to the latest commentary from Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) … read more
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Strong NZD GDP Could Extend ‘Kiwi’ Bull Run Daily Insight
September 21 2017Australian Dollar While the Westpac leading index showed another month of negative growth in August this failed to particularly weigh on the … read more
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‘Aussie’ Gains Ground After Glass Half-Full RBA Minutes Daily Insight
September 20 2017Australian Dollar As the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) took a more optimistic view on the domestic economy this encouraged the ‘Aussie’ to … read more
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Bullish Services PMI Boosts New Zealand Dollar Demand Daily Insight
September 19 2017Australian Dollar In the absence of any fresh North Korean missile tests the general sense of market risk appetite picked up once again This offered … read more