Australian Dollar News Directory

The fundamental backdrop underpinning the Australian Dollar was bolstered Thursday by news of a fresh record high in Australia's trade surplus, but struggling global equity markets appear to be preventing any liftoff in the currency in the near-term.

March 4,2021

The Australian Dollar is likely to appreciate over coming months as it plays catch up with a surge in value of global commodity prices, which have helped underpin the country's booming trade surplus.

March 2,2021

The Australian Dollar is struggling against the Pound, Euro, U.S. Dollar and other major currencies as a rise in U.S. bond yields threaten the global reflation trade and the Reserve Bank of Australia surprises investors with its latest interventions in the Aussie bond markets.

March 1,2021

Foreign exchange strategists at Australian lender and investment bank Westpac see the recent dip in the value of the Australian Dollar as being temporary.

February 26,2021

Good news on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, a jump in Aussie Bond yields and strong investor demand for commodities are conspiring to lift the Australian Dollar.

February 25,2021

The Australian Dollar reached new three-year highs against the Australian Dollar but was kept in check by a dominant Pound following market-supporting comments from the U.S. Federal Reserve's Jerome Powell as well as decent wage numbers out of Australia.

February 24,2021