Daily Insight
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Australian Dollar Strengthens as Housing Market Remains Hot Daily Insight
June 30 2017Australian Dollar A solid increase in the HIA new home sales data pointed towards a state of continued heat in the Australian housing market Even … read more
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Conflicting BoE Messages Prompt Volatility for Sterling Daily Insight
June 29 2017Australian Dollar In the absence of fresh domestic data the ‘Aussie’ was buoyed by a general uptick in market risk appetite With commodity … read more
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Diminished Risk Appetite Prompts Australian Dollar Slump Daily Insight
June 28 2017Australian Dollar A disappointing ANZ Roy Morgan weekly consumer confidence index reading prompted the ‘Aussie’ to trend lower against many of … read more
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AUD/GBP Weakens as Theresa May Secures DUP Support Daily Insight
June 27 2017Australian Dollar The Australian Dollar was on mixed form yesterday, making some solid gains versus its peers, but faltering against others like the … read more
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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