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Midday Market Wrap: Dollar puts pressure on local stocks

... moment still remains somewhat hesitant in the short term," Shaw Stockbroking analyst James Spiteri said. "With the Aussie dollar still holding up or around, as it was earlier in the day, around 72 US cents, it's having its ongoing impact through the ...

Midday Market Report: RBA meeting nerves prompts lacklustre trading

... little bit nervous about the possibility of an interest rate rise," Mr Klusman said. "It's a hard situation, the Aussie dollar is above US70c, so if they raise interest rates, what is the Aussie going to do? "Overall the market is lacklustre." The slow ...

Melbourne Cup Day looms as d-day for interest rates

AAP  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2003
... picking up pace, exports are showing signs of life and conditions worldwide are beginning to turn, although the higher Aussie dollar does act as a brake on economic growth. A 22.5 per cent surge in home lending over the past year indicates credit is ...

September retail sales may fall: economists

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2003
... months has been a rebound in household goods spending," Mr Redican said. "That's partly related to the fact that the Aussie dollar is taking another leg up, but also there has been a firming of housing construction. "We probably think that's run as far ...

Midday Market Wrap: Dollar, bonds rally

... from the short side over the last few days because of euro weakness which has traditionally been a signal for the Aussie dollar to decline... and we are seeing a short squeeze," Mr Waite said. The Australian bond market rallied to noon, supported by ...

Midday Market Wrap: No market effect from low CPI data

... the economy or low CPI is bad because it means interest rates won't be hiked. "So that's a reason not to buy the Aussie dollar." The Australian dollar surged to $US0.7004 in New York overnight after a series of positive drivers emerged. Talk of a free ...

Morning Market Wrap: Dollar hits six year high

... very, very quiet in the last three or four hours of New York since that intervention," she said. "It's really not an Aussie dollar story. "If you look at the Aussie in the last few weeks it has been a case of two steps forward and one step back... so ...

Australian trade gap widens due to stronger dollar, more imports: economists

... on by prices, with further declines in the Reserve Bank of Australia commodity price index largely related to the Aussie dollar rise," said Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation's senior economist Anthony Thompson. Economists forecast the trade ...