Daily Insight
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AUD Gains from Fed Rate Hike Limited by Unemployment Spike Daily Insight
March 17 2017Australian Dollar February’s raft of Australian labour market data proved unexpectedly weak, with the unemployment rate jumping from 57% to 59% … read more
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AUD, NZD Advance ahead of Fed Decision Daily Insight
March 16 2017Australian Dollar The Australian Dollar was on strong form yesterday as investors continued to pile out of the US Dollar Domestic data proved mixed, … read more
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Pound Falls as Investors Confront Article 50 Reality Daily Insight
March 15 2017Australian Dollar Disappointing domestic reports took the edge off Monday’s bullish run for the Australian Dollar yesterday The ‘Aussie’ did … read more
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Euro Falls as Markets Grow Nervous Ahead of Dutch Elections Daily Insight
March 14 2017Australian Dollar The Australian Dollar was largely bullish yesterday Market expectations of an interest rate hike from the US Federal Reserve were … read more
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93% Chance of US Rate Hike after Strong Jobs Figures Daily Insight
March 13 2017Australian Dollar The Australian Dollar was largely on strong form towards the end of the week, although Saturday morning’s US jobs data began to … read more
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Euro Bullish as Draghi Sounds Optimistic Following ECB Meeting Daily Insight
March 10 2017Australian Dollar Poor Chinese inflation data undermined the Australian Dollar yesterday after showing the pace of consumer price growth slowed … read more
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AUD Falls on Surprise Chinese Trade Deficit Daily Insight
March 9 2017Australian Dollar The Australian Dollar was slumping yesterday, pushed lower by poor news from its major trading partner Chinese trade data showed … read more
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AUD Higher after RBA Rate Decision Daily Insight
March 8 2017Australian Dollar The latest rate decision from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left the ‘Aussie’ broadly stronger While the bank left … read more
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US Dollar Climbs Steadily as Fed Hike Odds Exceed 88% Daily Insight
March 7 2017Australian Dollar A more positive assessment of Australia’s housing market than many economists have offered supported the Australian Dollar … read more
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Pound Weakens as Services PMI Falls Further-than-Expected Daily Insight
March 6 2017Australian Dollar The only Australian data released on Friday was negative, with the latest performance of services index dropping into contraction … read more