Daily Insight
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Post-Christmas Risk Appetite Benefits Australian Dollar Rates Daily Insight
December 29 2016Australian Dollar Confidence in the outlook of the Chinese economy improved in the wake of the Christmas break, encouraged by the latest domestic … read more
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AUD Falls as Heavy Smog Curbs Chinese Industry Daily Insight
December 22 2016Australian Dollar Heavy smog in China curbed industrial activity for the fourth day in a row, lowering demand for raw minerals such as coal and iron … read more
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AUD/GBP Advances as Brexit Fears Weigh on Sterling Daily Insight
December 21 2016Australian Dollar While the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) December meeting minutes showed cautious optimism going forwards, news that a record … read more
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AUD Tumbles on Forecasts of Larger Government Deficit Daily Insight
December 20 2016Australian Dollar Dovish new budget forecasts from the Australian government caused the Australian Dollar to largely slump yesterday A report … read more
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Profit-Taking and Poor Housing Data Weaken USD Daily Insight
December 19 2016Australian Dollar The Australian Dollar had gotten over the excitement of Thursday’s positive labour market data by Friday The prospect of several … read more
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USD Strengthens; Federal Reserve Expects Three Rate Hikes in 2017 Daily Insight
December 16 2016Australian Dollar The US Dollar may have been strengthening yesterday, but positive Australian data allowed the ‘Aussie’ to stay buoyant … read more
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Australian Dollar Advances ahead of Fed Decision Daily Insight
December 15 2016Australian Dollar Strong financing data from China lifted the Australian Dollar yesterday as it suggested that Chinese businesses were seeing … read more
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Further Greek Debt Arguments Weaken Euro as Fed Decision Approaches Daily Insight
December 14 2016Australian Dollar The day’s Australian data was largely disappointing yesterday, weakening the Australian Dollar against the majority of its peers … read more
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EUR Rises on Hopes of Rescue for Italian Banks Daily Insight
December 13 2016Australian Dollar With the US Dollar on the decline, the Australian Dollar was able to gain virtually across the board The ‘Aussie’ benefited … read more
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AUD Bullish Even as Soaring US Consumer Confidence Boosts USD Daily Insight
December 12 2016Australian Dollar The Australian Dollar managed to advance on Friday even though the US Dollar was on bullish form Domestic data started off the day … read more