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That elusive 6000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... hold... for long? Maybe not. For one, the rebound in commodity prices is already putting upward pressure on the Australian dollar. It's now fetching US$0.7866 up from this year's low of US$0.7533. As the Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the European Central Bank ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... miner Newcrest had fallen 51.5 cents, or 3.5 per cent, to $14.085 despite a rise in production and a weaker Australian dollar lifting its prices in the three months to March. The banking and retail sectors were weaker, Telstra was down 1.5 cents at $6.235 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... movements, indicated an annual rate of 2.35% which is well within the Reserve Bank's target range. That caused the Australian dollar to bounce almost half a US cent to 77.60 US cents and the sharemarket to slump from flat to 0.80% lower. Quay Equities ...

What might trigger a sell-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... declining terms of trade; the slow take-up from the non-resource sector of the economy; the weakened but still high Australian dollar; expensive property prices (but mainly in Sydney); low wages and high household debt; low business confidence and investment ...

China's trade trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... months, the yuan's risen by 20% against the yen, 33% against the euro, 18% against the pound and 25% versus the Australian dollar. The PBOC can lower interest rates all it wants but with the greenback still on a one-way trip to the moon, all it'll get ...

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 ...