Christine Gaylican

The AUD had been losing ground during the night, then after the FOMC statement it fell from 0.9020 to 0.8950 levels

Sep 18, 2014

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar starts the day just below .9100 after its brief flirtation with the sub .9000’s as the speculation increases about the language that will accompany the FOMC announcement early Thursday morning Australian time.

Sep 17, 2014

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar back above USD 0.9000 as markets count down to the FOMC announcement on Thursday morning.

Sep 16, 2014

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar continued its slide over the weekend after some figures from China were softer than expected.

Sep 15, 2014

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar spiked yesterday following a record breaking employment increase, but has given back any gains as the currency continues its slide lower.

Sep 12, 2014

The downward momentum in the AUD continued overnight, following further USD strength, weaker Chinese data earlier in the week and continued weakness in the iron ore price.

Sep 11, 2014

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar touched .9400 on Friday night after the US non-farm payroll data for August came in well below expectations.

Sep 08, 2014

Bell FX Currency Outlook: Ranges were limited with Europe taking an extended weekend and little new data released.

Aug 26, 2014

Bell FX Currency Outlook: AUD flat reacting to limited news flow and the uneventful RBA Minutes release, which had been taken into consideration by the markets. Northern Hemisphere is taking in the last of the summer holidays.

Aug 19, 2014

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The AUD is a little higher as risk appetite improved overnight.

Aug 15, 2014

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar remained in a tight range during a quiet session.

Aug 13, 2014

Bell FX Currency Outlook: It was a quiet start to the week with no significant data releases overnight.

Aug 12, 2014

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar opens this week little changed from Friday's close after tensions in the Ukraine lessened on Friday.

Aug 11, 2014

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar is slightly higher this morning and we look to local employment data today for some direction from here.

Aug 07, 2014

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar is a little lower following some USD strength last night.

Aug 06, 2014

Bell FX Currency Outlook: Retail spending finished Q2 off softly, reflecting the Budget-related fall in consumer confidence and a warmer-than-usual start to winter. The AUD bounces off higher at the open at .9332 against the USD.

Aug 05, 2014

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar traded below the .9300 level for the first time in weeks as the USD was stronger against all the major currencies.

Aug 01, 2014

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar is slightly lower amid more signs the US economy is improving.

Jul 30, 2014

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has slipped below the .9400 level over the weekend as the latest US economic data was slightly better than expected.

Jul 28, 2014

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar kicked higher yesterday after China's flash manufacturing data as reported by HSBC for July rose to 52 from last month's figure of 50.7.

Jul 25, 2014

Bell FX Currency Outlook: FX markets trade was again quiet, with yesterday's Japanese holiday quelling whatever latent interest may have been around.

Jul 22, 2014

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has started this week just under the .9400 mark as most of the volatility in financial markets which increased after the Malaysian Airlines disaster and the escalation of the conflict in Gaza dissipated.

Jul 21, 2014

Bell FX Currency Outlook: Amid the geopolitical developments the AUD held its ground near 0.9380 after the Malaysian Airlines news hit the screens, but late in the US session the AUD lost ground and is now nearer 0.9340.

Jul 18, 2014

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has opened this morning below 0.9400 after a very quiet day of trading on Friday.

Jul 14, 2014

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has traded overnight above .9400 as the latest local business confidence and conditions were better than expected.

Jul 09, 2014

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar is sitting comfortably around the mid-high 0.93's and it will be hard to see us break out of this until the jobs numbers on Thursday.

Jul 08, 2014

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar opens this morning little changed from Friday's levels as trading was very quiet due to the US Independence Day holiday.

Jul 07, 2014

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has retreated from the 0.9500 level of yesterday after a poorer than expected trade deficit figure pushed our local currency down.

Jul 03, 2014

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has made new year to date highs following yesterday’s RBA meeting.

Jul 02, 2014