AUDUSD: Australian-dollar denominated investments: huge overseas institutional investors, both public and private, loading up on Australian assets – and a record surge in investors buying our government bonds – the...
Read MoreAUDUSD: Australia’s manufacturing sector grew for the second consecutive month in January but factory output remains constrained by the uncertain global outlook and strong offshore competition, a performance gauge produced...
Read MoreAUDUSD: Fears over the Asian economy eased which helped underpin the Australian currency, although there were still doubts surrounding the Chinese outlook which will be tested once China returns from the week-long holiday break....
Read MoreAUDUSD: The Australian dollar maintained a strong tone during the first half of the week and advanced to 2012 highs against theUS currency with a peak in the 1.07 area. There was a general improvement in risk appetite which...
Read MoreAUDUSD: Australian dollar faced pressure as the Asia session wore on, hurt by the stand-off in Europe and as the Bank of Japan forecast a weaker economic outlook. An index of job vacancies on the Internet in Australia fell 3.0%...
Read MoreAUDUSD: it’s more likely than not that the Reserve Bank of Australia will ease policy when it holds its first meeting of 2012 on Feb. 7. The consumer price index was unchanged in the fourth quarter of 2011 from the third...
Read MoreAUDUSD: Another session of buoyant sentiment helped the Australian dollar higher during Asian trade Wednesday but analysts said the unit remains dictated to by global news flow, especially from Europe. Ongoing wrangling between...
Read MoreAUDUSD: The world’s second-largest economy grew by 8.9 per cent in the three months ending in December, data showed today. Although that was the slowest rate of expansion for 30 months, it exceeded analysts’...
Read MoreAUDUSD: The number of housing-finance approvals in Australia rose a seasonally adjusted 1.4% in November from October. The bureau said its trend estimate for the number of housing-finance approvals, which further smoothes...
Read MoreAUDUSD: The Australian dollar nudged higher late Thursday after falling sharply intraday in response to slightly quicker than expected Chinese inflation which hurt the currency as some dealers bet it restricted Beijing’s...
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