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Daily Forex Forecast 01/03/2012

The deal put forward by the Senate prior to yesterday’s open was passed by the House of Representatives during our session yesterday and it has seen a solid jump in the Aussie.

Australian Dollar Outlook - 03 January 2013

Bell FX Currency Outlook: Australian Dollar peaks at a 2-week high as the United States avoids a fiscal cliff. The local unit traded back above 1.0500 against the Greenback in overnight trade as US Congress approved a bill rolling back a package of tax hikes and spending cuts that had threatened to push America back into recession.

Daily Forex Forecast 01/02/2013

The New Year saw US policy makers come to a budgetary agreement in the US Senate. The deal included compromises in payroll tax cuts which would rise to 6.2% from 4.2% and higher income taxes on the wealthy while the unemployed would still be eligible for extended jobless benefits.
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Daily Forex Forecast 12/14/2012

The Australian dollar remained firm during intraday yesterday consolidating nicely the gains witnessed across the board this week.

Daily Forex Forecast 12/12/2012

It was a lacklustre session domestically for the Australian dollar yesterday which remained firm in the face of a business confidence survey which plummeted to its lowest level since April 2009.

Daily Forex Forecast 12/11/2012

Despite weaker than expected trade figures released out of China yesterday investors instead choose to focus on improved signs of growth in the world’s second largest economy as witnessed by the release of industrial production and retail sales data announced over the weekend, both beating forecast.

Daily Forex Forecast 12/10/2012

Following a week in which in the RBA cut rates of 0.25 percent, the number of unemployed dropped and economic growth remained on target you’d think the Australian dollar would be in for a bumpy ride.

Australian Dollar Outlook - 10 December 2012

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has maintained its relative strength from last week as US non-farm payrolls released on Friday night improved more than forecast.

Daily Forex Forecast 12/07/2012

The big news for the Aussie yesterday was the employment data which surprised most investors with the unemployment rate dropping to 5.2% in November and 13,900 new jobs added

$1.35 Euro Target Revised Up

The ECB's final press conference of the year triggered euro selling on a combination of downward revisions in growth and inflation as well as Draghis indication that discussions over interest rates remained ongoing.

Daily Forex Forecast 12/06/2012

Most months the GDP figure is followed quite closely by investors and has at least has some influence on the market, however yesterday the data passed by with little interest and the market held within a fairly tight range of less than 20 points.

Daily Forex Forecast 12/04/2012

As expected the Australian dollar began the day on a stronger note following better than expected Chinese PMI data over the weekend, although this didn't last long as attentions turned to todays big release in the RBA minutes.

Daily Forex Forecast 12/03/2012

It was a familiar story for the Australian dollar last week which traded within a tight range of less one full US Cent against the greenback.

Daily Forex Forecast 11/30/2012

An increase in new home sales of 3.4 percent in October combined with a surprise increase in private new capital expenditure saw the Australian dollar well supported during intraday trade yesterday.

Daily Forex Forecast 11/28/2012

Despite what has been an eventful 24 hour period the response by the Australian dollar has been anything but. Maintaining a recent range of 1.0440 – 1.0480 against its US Counterpart investors still appear reluctant in taking the higher yielding unit above tested resistance levels of 1.05.

Daily Forex Forecast 11/27/2012

Having gained more than one percent last week against its US Counterpart the Australian dollar maintained levels close to 3-week highs yesterday.

Daily Forex Forecast 11/26/2012

In what was an overall positive week for the Australian dollar which was supported by extended gains across equity markets as volumes remained thin given the United States celebration of Thanksgiving.

Daily Forex Forecast 11/23/2012

The Aussie rallied to an intraday high on Thursday of US104 cents after Chinese economic data revealed manufacturing growth. The Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) came in at 50.4 in November compared with 49.5 in October.

Daily Forex Forecast 11/21/2012

The Aussie opens lower today at 1.0360 after a mixed 24 hours on global markets. At time of writing, Euro zone finance ministers were still locked in meetings aimed at reaching an agreement with the IMF over the latest Greek bailout plans.

Australian Dollar Outlook - 19 November 2012

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar is trading back in the mid 1.0300's this morning as talks in the US concerning the "fiscal cliff" offered some encouragement that a compromise will be reached between Republicans and Democrats.

Daily Forex Forecast 11/19/2012

The Aussie opens the new week lower at 1.0330 on global growth concerns and the prospect of lower domestic interest rates.

Daily Forex Forecast 11/16/2012

Risk has been removed from the market place in a big way over the past 24 hours as witnessed by a notable fall in the Australian dollar.

Daily Forex Forecast 11/15/2012

The Australian dollar found some support in early morning trade yesterday after consumer confidence surprisingly jumped in October by 5.2 percent.

Daily Forex Forecast 11/13/2012

It has been a steady rise for the Australian dollar over the past 24 hours with a slight change in risk sentiment over the early parts of this week favouring the higher-yielding asset.

Daily Forex Forecast 11/12/2012

For the third time this year the Reserve Bank of Australia has downgraded the Nation’s economic prospects sighting weaker export prices, a stubbornly high dollar as well as a budget surplus which is taking its toll on growth.

Daily Forex Forecast 11/09/2012

The Aussie is relatively unchanged this morning after mixed data has seen us trade in a 50 point range for the last 24 hours.

Daily Forex Forecast 11/08/2012

While the big news and major market mover over the last 24 hours has been the US election we did see some action locally yesterday with the release of the RBNZ biannual financial stability report. I

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