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China slowdown will hit Australia

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... quarter of 2014 as declining prices for key export commodities depressed mining investment and weakened the Australian dollar. It predicted that a further slowdown in China, Australia's biggest trading partner, would affect Australia and its neighbours. ...

ASIC to investigate AUD spike

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
ASIC is investigating a suspicious spike in the Australian dollar that occurred seconds before the RBA announced it was keeping cash rates on hold at 2.25%. The Australian dollar rose to 76.07 US cents (from 75.97) just prior to the RBA's announcement ...

Strike three

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2015
... meeting to 40% with two weeks to go to 68% a week before and up to 75% just days before the Easter break. The Australian dollar's fall to a low of US$0.7577 on Maundy Thursday (down 0.6% from the previous day) backs up the increased likelihood for a ...

New Zealand dollar closes in on Aussie

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2015
The New Zealand dollar has almost reached parity with the Australian dollar amid rate cut expectations. The Kiwi is predicted to past the A-dollar for the first time since 1974, when government controls over rates were dropped. New Zealand's economy ...

The RBA not in full control of dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2015
... before - has now risen to 68% this week" I typed on this space 24 hours ago? They've just gone up to 72% and the Australian dollar's fall to a low of US$0.7597 (down 0.4% from yesterday's US$0.7628) in intra-day trade overnight backs this up. The question ...

RBA rate cut: earlier and more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
... reduction in coming months, pushing the cash rate below 2 per cent in an effort to maintain downward pressure on the Australian dollar."...and "to soften fallout from the worsening iron ore slump" - down by 18.5% to US$51.35 a tonne since the RBA's March ...

Another cut's in the mail?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2015
... eased the upward pressure on the greenback or, seen through Australian eyes, reduced downward pressure on the Australian dollar. Gov Glenn doesn't like it like that. The A$ recovered to US$0.7761 on 20 March after dropping to this year's low of US$0.7582 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
... Open Market Committee said the labour market needed to improve before it raised the federal funds rate. The Australian dollar also roser against the US dollar, which has lifted expectations of a rate cut by the RBA in the coming months. "The Fed's very ...

Market Wrap PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... factors in world economies, such as weak China growth targets dampening the confidence provided by a falling Australian dollar, are ensuring market uncertainty. Mr Weston said market expectations the Reserve Bank will cut the interest rate was helping ...

PBOC to QE?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... lowest to highest over the past 12 months, the US dollar has appreciated by 33% against the euro, 26% against the Australian dollar, 21% against the Japanese yen and the Canadian dollar and 15% against the British pound. Over the same timeframe, the ...