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AUDUSD: Australian merchandise imports rose A$56 million to A$20.81 billion (US$ 20.68 billion) in November from A$20.76 billion in October in seasonally adjusted terms, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said Monday. We expect...

AUDUSD: The Australian dollar Friday recovered some of the broad losses of this week, moving just below parity with the U.S. dollar helped in part by positive U.S. employment data. There was a further concern over the...

AUDUSD: The Australian dollar slid below parity with the U.S. dollar Thursday, moving lower along with several other commodity-linked currencies on intensifying fears of euro-zone instability. In addition to the still prevalent...

AUDUSD: The Australian dollar fell steadily Wednesday as still heightened European jitters pushed the local currency below to parity with the U.S. dollar. Further weighing on the Australian dollar, consumer sentiment plunged in...

AUDUSD: The Australian dollar slid in Asian trading Tuesday as markets registered increasing disappointment with the results of last week’s European Union summit. Weighing on investor sentiment, ratings firms sharply...

AUDUSD: The Aussie dollar also bore the brunt of investor concern with price action falling to support levels at 100.5 US cents. From a technical perspective we expect support levels of 100.5 US cents to hold on moderate selling...

AUDUSD: The Reserve Bank sanctioned a second successive interest rate reduction with a cut to 4.25% from 4.50% as it responded to expectations of weaker growth. The GDP data was close to expectations while the labour-market data...

AUDUSD: The Australian dollar was a touch higher late Thursday against its U.S. counterpart but had to overcome headwinds early on after news that full-time employment fell in November, pushing unemployment higher. The economy...

AUDUSD: The Australian dollar was higher late Wednesday spurred by news of strong economic growth in the third quarter and rising hopes that some progress will be made in coming days toward resolving Europe’s debt crisis....

AUDUSD: The Australian dollar declined slightly Tuesday, hurt in part by a decision from the country’s central bank to lower its key cash rate target. The move by the Reserve Bank of Australia, or RBA, which lowered its...