03 November 2020 Australian Dollar in Crosshairs as RBA Calls Time On Rally, but Election Dominates Short-term

The Australian Dollar overlooked an aggressive easing of monetary policy at the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and a landmark threat of intervention in the currency market on Tuesday as the pendin…

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30 October 2020 Australian Dollar Limps into November and a Key RBA Decision

The Australiaan Dollar was treading water on Friday and could be volatile in the coming days when October's Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) policy decision is unveiled just as Americans vote in the…

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27 October 2020 Pound-Australian Dollar Rate Could Rise to 1.90 Following a Brexit Deal

The Pound-to-Australian Dollar exchange rate could rise to a five-month high above 1.90 in the event that a Brexit trade deal is reached over the coming weeks, according to research from Commonweal…

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21 October 2020 Australian Dollar Yield Appeal Eaten Away by RBA in Bad Omen for AUD Rally

 Australia’s Dollar rebounded from diminished levels Wednesday but is now lacking a crucial ingredient for ongoing outperformance after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) suggested it could l…

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15 October 2020 Australian Dollar in the Red after RBA's Lowe Warns of Looming Interest Rate Cut and QE Expansion

The Australian Dollar was sent lower in the wake of comments from Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe that signalled further interest rate cuts and an expansion of the existing quantitat…

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09 October 2020 Australian and New Zealand Dollars Paying Today for Large Economic Stimulus When Borders Reopen

The Australian and New Zealand Dollars rose broadly in the final session of the week even as they pay the cost of continued international border closures but next year a reopening of decimated dome…

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07 October 2020 Australian Dollar Gains Tempered by RBA Rate Fears

The Australian Dollar could be constrained over the coming weeks by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) monetary policy outlook, according to local analysts, although a widening U.S. budget deficit…

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01 September 2020 Australian Dollar Seen Eyeing June 2018 Highs Despite RBA Scrutiny

The Australian Dollar remained on course to set a new two-year high on Tuesday despite fresh scrutiny from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), which again acknowledged strength in the antipodean c…

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04 August 2020 Australian Dollar Gets Free Pass as RBA Takes Less Downbeat View of Economy 

The Aussie Dollar was given a free pass by the Reserve Bank of Australia Tuesday when its ongoing recovery rally went unremarked upon in the August monetary policy update, with the bank instead tak…

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21 July 2020 The Australian Dollar Gains from RBA's Blessing and May Target 18-month High Once Past 0.7060

The Australian Dollar crossed an important technical rubicon on Tuesday as risk assets outperformed and after Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Philip Lowe said gave the Aussie a tacit blessing to…

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07 July 2020 The Australian Dollar Wobbles on Melbourne Lockdown and Cautious RBA Update

The Australian Dollar underperformed major rivals including Pound Tuesday after nearly a fifth of the country's population was placed back into 'lockdown' and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) wa…

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16 June 2020 Pound-Australian Dollar Rate Recovers Footing after RBA Acknowledges Aussie Strength

The Pound-to-Australian Dollar rate was edging higher on Tuesday as Sterling benefited from an optimistic mood in London while the antipodean unit continued its correction lower from 2020 highs, ai…

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09 May 2019 Pound-to-Australian-Dollar Rate is Poised for More Gains as Market Eyes U.S. Tariffs and RBA Statement

The Australian Dollar faces a cocktail of risks this Friday that could force the Antipodean unit lower and help the Pound-to-Australian-Dollar rate to build on its recent gains in the final session…

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07 May 2019 Australian Dollar up +0.5% on RBA Decision to Hold Rates, but a 2019 Cut is Still Likely say Economists

The Australian Dollar rallied in the aftermath of the RBA meeting today at which interest rates were left unchanged at 1.50% for the 33rd meeting in a row. However, the relief rally has its limits …

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16 April 2019 The Australian Dollar Softens on RBA Rate Cut Talk but Chinese Data Could Pick It Back Up Again 

The Australian Dollar softened Tuesday after the minutes from the latest Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) meeting showed rate setters contemplating the kind of economic conditions that would compel …

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10 April 2019 The Australian Dollar Draws Support after Debelle Casts Doubt on Need for RBA Interest Rate Cuts

The Australian Dollar was buoyed Wednesday after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) appeared to back away from previous comments that suggested it was shifting to a so-called easing bias, although…

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02 April 2019 Australian Dollar Outlook Bouyed by Deluge of Positive Economic Figures

The Australian Dollar was trading on its back foot Tuesday ahead of the release of February retail sales data, which will help markets to answer the question of whether 2018's economic weakness car…

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05 March 2019 Australian Dollar Baulks after GDP Shocker Seals Deal on RBA Rate Cut 

The Australian Dollar collapsed into the Wednesday session after official data showed the economy slowing sharply late last year as consumers came close to going on strike, which could mean a 2019 …

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08 February 2019 The Australian Dollar Party in the Antipodes is Over, as More Losses are Incoming on Monday 

The Australian Dollar is on its back foot and will remain so for a while to come as concerns about domestic interest rate policy are about to be supplemented by fresh China-related losses that could …

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06 February 2019 The Australian Dollar Slumps after Lowe Signals RBA Could be Headed for an Interest Rate Cut

The Australian Dollar was left badly bruised Wednesday after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) dropped its bias to lift interest rates over the coming years, prompting traders to dump the Antipod…

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