Daily Insight
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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
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AUD/GBP Around Seven Week High; Hung Parliament for UK Daily Insight
June 12 2017Australian Dollar The Australian Dollar was on mixed form on Friday, but was largely in negative territory overall Domestic data was disappointing, … read more
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Australian Dollar Seesaws after Slump in Trade Surplus Daily Insight
June 9 2017Australian Dollar The Australian Dollar initially slumped yesterday, but was later able to recover The April trade balance figure shocked markets … read more
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Risk Appetite Heats Up as Australian Economic Growth Breaks Record Daily Insight
June 8 2017Australian Dollar The Australian Dollar was on strong form yesterday after first-quarter GDP figures showed the country had broken the world record … read more
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Australian Dollar Slides as Markets Await GDP Data Daily Insight
June 7 2017Australian Dollar Another freeze on monetary policy from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) pushed the Australian Dollar lower yesterday Although … read more
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Stronger Inflation Forecast Boosts AUD Ahead of RBA Meeting Daily Insight
June 6 2017Australian Dollar Although May’s services PMI weakened sharply from 53 to 515 this failed to particularly dent the Australian Dollar While … read more
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AUD, NZD Charge Higher on Disappointing US Jobs Figures Daily Insight
June 5 2017Australian Dollar The Australian Dollar may have started the day on the decline on Friday, but later was able to make bullish gains thanks to the … read more