Daily Insight
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Canadian Dollar Slumps on Worse-than-Expected Inflation Daily Insight
June 26 2017Australian Dollar A weakening US Dollar created plenty of appetite for riskier currencies on Friday, pushing the Australian Dollar higher versus the … read more
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RBNZ Doesn’t Take Aim at NZD Strength; ‘Kiwi’ Rises Daily Insight
June 23 2017Australian Dollar The Australian Dollar was on weak form yesterday, with its ‘best’ performances being a hold around opening levels against the … read more
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Commodity Currencies Slump on Oil Market Woes Daily Insight
June 22 2017Australian Dollar Appetite for commodity currencies was weak yesterday, with a lack of any real impactful data pushing the Australian Dollar down … read more
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RBA Minutes Lower Chances of Rate Cut; AUD Climbs Daily Insight
June 21 2017Australian Dollar The Australian Dollar was able to surge higher yesterday after the minutes of the latest Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) monetary … read more
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AUD Slides as Moody’s Cuts Bank Credit Ratings Daily Insight
June 20 2017Australian Dollar A double-whammy of economic warnings caused the Australian Dollar to weaken yesterday Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor … read more
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Risk-Demand Boosts AUD and NZD Daily Insight
June 19 2017Australian Dollar An improving outlook on monetary policy, combined with rising appetite for commodity-correlated currencies, pushed the Australian … read more
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Fed Hikes Rates, but AUD Firms on Solid Labour Data Daily Insight
June 16 2017Australian Dollar While demand for the US Dollar and the Pound were weighing on market appetite for commodity-currencies yesterday, strong domestic … read more
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Rising Copper Prices Boost AUD Exchange Rates Daily Insight
June 15 2017Australian Dollar While the Westpac consumer confidence index weakened further in June the ‘Aussie’ continued to benefit from market risk … read more
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Australian Dollar Falls Back on Weakening Business Confidence Daily Insight
June 14 2017Australian Dollar May’s NAB business confidence index plunged from 13 to 7, suggesting that optimism within the domestic economy has weakened … read more
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AUD Slumps as Income Study Undermines GDP Joy Daily Insight
June 13 2017Australian Dollar The Australian Dollar was largely on the decline yesterday, although it was able to make strong gains against the Pound and the US … read more