Daily Insight
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White House Scandal Pressures US Dollar Daily Insight
May 18 2017Australian Dollar Risk appetite weakened sharply in the wake of the latest political developments in the US, putting renewed pressure on the … read more
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‘Aussie’ Trends Higher after RBA Minutes Daily Insight
May 17 2017Australian Dollar While the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) latest meeting minutes were not particularly hawkish in nature, the mood towards the … read more
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Australian Dollar Strengthened by Chinese Infrastructure Plans Daily Insight
May 16 2017Australian Dollar While Australian home loans were found to have contracted once again in March the ‘Aussie’ remained on an uptrend across the … read more
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AUD Bullish on USD Weakness and Increased Consumer Spending Daily Insight
May 15 2017Australian Dollar There were several positive factors boosting the Australian Dollar on Friday What little domestic data there was printed well, … read more
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AUD/GBP Bullish as UK Data and BoE Disappoint Daily Insight
May 12 2017Australian Dollar Despite a lack of economic data yesterday, the Australian Dollar was able to edge up against the major currencies Increasing … read more
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Rising Chinese Inflation and US Political Shock Boosts AUD Rates Daily Insight
May 11 2017Australian Dollar Appetite for the commodity-correlated ‘Aussie’ picked up on Wednesday in the wake of a better-than-expected Chinese consumer … read more
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Underwhelming Budget Leaves Australian Dollar on Back Foot Daily Insight
May 10 2017Australian Dollar Disappointing retail sales figures left the ‘Aussie’ on a downtrend across the board, adding to the impression of a weaker … read more
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EUR/AUD Advances after Macron Wins French Election Daily Insight
May 9 2017Australian Dollar A combination of poor data from at home and overseas weakened the Australian Dollar against the majority of its peers yesterday … read more
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AUD, CAD Rocked by Fears of Commodity Oversupplies Daily Insight
May 7 2017Australian Dollar Fears of an iron ore oversupply weighed on the Australian Dollar on Friday, causing the ‘Aussie’ to slump across the board … read more
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Risk Appetite Weakens After Hawkish Fed Meeting Daily Insight
May 5 2017Australian Dollar Comments from Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Philip Lowe failed to offer any support to the ‘Aussie’ on Thursday, … read more