Australian Dollar Outlook - 20 November 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: Australian dollar benefits from comments that China may expand the daily CNY trading band (currently +/- 1%) and establish a managed float.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 19 November 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar is trading back below USD0.9400 this morning after a fairly subdued session overnight.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 28 October 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar traded in a narrow range on Friday night as it consolidated its position after its strong run through 0.9700 ast week.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 30 September 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar is softer this morning as the brinkmanship between the Republicans and Democrats continues as a otential government shutdown on October 1 becomes more of a possibility.
Taiwan's Spectacular House Price Rises
A 15.43% rise Taiwan's Lutheran home price index during the year to end-Q2 2013, (14.52% inflation-adjusted) follows four years of unbroken house price increases, according to Sinyi Real Estate Planning and Research. The latest quarter was spectacular too: the home price index rose a record 7.45% (7.33% inflation-adjusted) in Q2 2013.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 10 September 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has opened stronger this morning, supported by the stream of strong data out of China.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 09 September 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has started the week over .9200 after touching a three week high on Friday night as the US jobs data fell short of predictions and some analysts felt that the US Federal Reserve's tapering program would be delayed.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 06 September 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has retreated from its recent highs as the G20 meeting begins in St. Petersburg and financial markets await the most recent US jobs data tonight.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 05 September 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has extended its rally, and maybe heading toward USD 0.9200 after GDP data showed local economic growth was solid in the June quarter.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 04 September 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar rose to a two-week high after the Reserve Bank of Australia kept the cash rate unchanged and issued a neutral statement on the chance of further cuts.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 30 August 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian dollar traded in a tight range on Thursday night as the US and its allies waited for more reports from onsite UN inspectors in Syria over the use of chemical weapons against the civil population.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 29 August 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian dollar is slightly higher this morning as investor play down tensions over a possible US air or missile strike on Syria.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 28 August 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar traded in a fairly tight band overnight under 0.9000 as financial markets reacted to the possibility of missile strikes in Syria.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 27 August 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has opened weaker this morning after a volatile night of trading pulled it in different directions overnight.
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A majority of Australia's small business owners have created diverse plans to face the continuing economic uncertainty, a recent survey by Galaxy Research has revealed
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Brazil, the world's fourth largest agricultural producer, has sought the help of Australian firm, AgBiTech Pty Ltd, a biological insect control solution firm to address the crop devastation brought by the corn earworms (Helicoverpa armigera).
Australian Dollar Outlook - 26 August 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has opened this week above 0.9000 as US new home sales for July fell well short of expectations.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 23 August 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has been boosted by yesterday's stronger-than-expected Chinese manufacturing data.
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Australian Dollar Outlook - 22 August 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar fell to a fresh three-year low, after US Federal Reserve policy-makers spoke of tapering in the July FOMC minutes, by suggesting "it might soon be time to slow somewhat the pace" of asset purchases.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 21 August 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar weakened yesterday to the low 0.9000's but has opened this morning slightly higher after a lackluster trading session offshore.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 20 August 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar fell back to the low .9100's after trading above 0.9200 yesterday as concerns about the timing of the US Federal Reserve's tapering program weighed on our local currency.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 19 August 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has opened stronger this week after a weak batch of US economic data has cast some doubt about the economic recovery in the US.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 16 August 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar is steady after a night of heightened volatility in currency markets thinned by the Northern Hemisphere summer.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 15 August 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar is a quarter of a US cent higher, helped by some positive European economic data and higher metals prices.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 14 August 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar is slightly lower at USD 0.9100 after the Greenback was boosted by positive US retail sales data that ustained speculation the US Federal Reserve will begin tapering soon.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 13 August 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar is being weighed down by strength in the greenback amid renewed expectations that the US Federal Reserve will begin tapering
its economic stimulus program soon.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 12 August 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian dollar benefited again from better than expected data out of China and traded just above the .9200 level on Friday night as concerns about lower Chinese growth abated.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 08 August 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar remains just below USD 0.9000 after a weaker US dollar suffered against all the major currencies based on the Japanese economy's outlook.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 07 August 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The RBA delivered probably one of the most widely foreshadowed interest rate cuts yesterday afternoon as the cash rate fell to 2.50% but removed their easing bias which saw the AUD appreciate after the announcement.