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Cash rate more likely to fall than rise: PIMCO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2014
... pointed out that the Australian dollar has been the second strongest currency in the G10 in 2014. "Even though the Aussie dollar has fallen versus the US dollar," he said, "it hasn't fallen versus all of our other trading partners, especially Europe ...

Don't rule out another rate cut: AllianceBernstein

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... being equal, that's likely to impede the adjustment process for the Australian dollar," Bruten said. "We think the Aussie dollar should be a lot lower than it is, but the adjustment process is being held up by global forces. That puts the onus back on ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... data releases and trading volumes are limited, partly because of Melbourne Cup," he said. "However, the falling Aussie dollar is a positive for stocks which have a lot of foreign earnings such as the mining and retail stocks." The Australian Bureau of ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
The Australian share market has opened lower amid ongoing Aussie dollar weakness, a fall in commodity prices and soft leads from US equities. Wall Street stocks finished lower overnight after a monthly US consumer confidence index fell for the first ...

RBA leaves interest rates on hold

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... high, it is mostly due to overseas factors beyond the Reserve Bank's control. "The RBA would clearly like a lower Aussie dollar to help with Australia's great rebalancing act," Mr Bloxham said. "But they can't do much about it." "We think they seem quite ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2014
... type of feeling that perhaps language could finally change now, and this is something that is probably keeping the Aussie dollar and the Aussie market at bay," he said. Investors were also cautious ahead of a flurry of company earnings, he said. "Usually ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... of the local share market down. Dips in copper and gold prices have hurt resources stocks and, together with the Aussie dollar's rise to about 92 US cents, have hit local equities hard, Bell Direct equities analyst Julia Lee said. "Most of the damage ...

Aussie shares out of favour as managed fund investors go global

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2014
... equities to an increasing concern over domestic growth, to the investors' will to take advantage of the falling Aussie dollar and to the outperformance of global equities over their domestic counterparts "This signals a lack of confidence among fund ...

CBA: Expect higher inflation

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2014
... 10 years now, while the imported inflation rate has reflected the ups and downs of import prices as driven by the Aussie dollar." All things being equal, a lower dollar means a higher cost of importing goods and services for Australian consumers. CBA ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... negative for the Australian economy. "The reason being, we have already seen a pretty sharp depreciation in the Aussie dollar, which has translated to an inflation risk for the Australian market," he told AAP. The company earnings season has begun with ...