Daily Insight
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Geopolitical Tensions Limit Australian Dollar Appeal Daily Insight
September 18 2017Australian Dollar Confidence in the ‘Aussie’ faltered somewhat in response to the news that North Korea had fired another missile over Japan The … read more
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BoE Rate Hike Odds Surge on Hawkish Minutes Daily Insight
September 15 2017Australian Dollar While the Australian unemployment rate held steady at 56% in August the headline employment change figure strongly bettered … read more
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AUD Rates Boosted Ahead of Labour Market Data Daily Insight
September 14 2017Australian Dollar A solid uptick in the Westpac consumer confidence index for September helped to shore up the ‘Aussie’, although the measure … read more
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Rising UK Inflation Drives Pound Higher Daily Insight
September 13 2017Australian Dollar August’s NAB business confidence index dropped sharply on the month, falling from 12 to 5 as the mood of domestic … read more
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Euro Slumped on Dovish ECB Outlook Daily Insight
September 12 2017Australian Dollar As the weekend passed without any escalation in the tensions surrounding North Korea this encouraged a resurgence in market risk … read more
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Optimistic UK GDP Estimate Prompted Pound Surge Daily Insight
September 11 2017Australian Dollar The mood towards the ‘Aussie’ improved somewhat on Friday as July’s home loans data overshot market expectations As the … read more
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Surprise BOC Rate Hike Prompts Canadian Dollar Surge Daily Insight
September 7 2017Australian Dollar Investors were disappointed as the second quarter Australian gross domestic product data fell short of forecast, even though … read more
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Lack of Change from RBA Helped to Shore up AUD Rates Daily Insight
September 6 2017Australian Dollar There was no surprise in store for markets as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left interest rates on hold once again at its … read more
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Escalating Korean Tensions Limit Australian Dollar Demand Daily Insight
September 5 2017Australian Dollar August’s TD securities inflation estimate did not offer the ‘Aussie’ any particular support at the start of the week As the … read more
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US Dollar Under Pressure After Labour Market Data Misfire Daily Insight
September 4 2017Australian Dollar Confidence in the health of the Australian economy improved on Friday, prompted by a solid uptick in August’s manufacturing PMI … read more