| 13 Mar 2018 05:43 | Pound Sterling Live |
In their analysis of the most recent set of positioning data Scandinavian lender SEB highlight how bets recently reached an excess negative level on the Aussie Dollar, which suggests a rebalancing towards more neutral positioning is nigh. This is ...
moreThe Australian and New Zealand dollars tend to perform well when global risk appetite is strong, led by carry traders where investors borrow in low-yielding currencies such as the yen or the euro to invest in higher returning assets.
more| 26 Feb 2018 23:39 | The Australian Financial Review |
It's both "typical" and "counter-intuitive" for the Aussie dollar to climb against the greenback when the Fed begins hiking rates, and it's commodity prices that are likely to drive the currency in the year ahead, economists say.
more| 19 Feb 2018 14:03 | NEWS.com.au |
The US dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies, rose 0.3 per cent to 89.342. Westpac's Imre Speizer says the move extended Friday's rebound off a fresh three-year low.
more... further down it than any other this year and possibly well into next. Of course markets could simply be waiting to hear from the Fed, which will make its policy call later Wednesday.
more| 04 Dec 2017 15:33 | Business Insider Australia |
Australia's October retail sales report will also be released alongside the GDP inputs at 11.30am AEDT. After a less-than-stellar run since July, this report carries the potential to generate the most volatility in the Australian dollar today ...
more| 20 Nov 2017 17:37 | ForexLive |
Weaker-than-expected wage and employment data out of Australia causes us to stick to our narrative of deteriorating economic conditions as global funding costs rise.
moreThe Australian Dollar often acts as the foreign-exchange markets' favourite liquid China proxy but its gains on these data were very marginal.
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