Australian Dollar Outlook - 06 August 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has opened slightly higher this morning after a relatively quiet session offshore overnight.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 05 August 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook The Australian Dollar has continued to fall trading at a new three-year low on Friday night as the US non-farm payroll data for July fell short of expectations and a few analysts doubted whether US Fed stimulus would be reduced in September.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 02 August 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook The Australian Dollar has fallen to a fresh three-year low as strong US economic data raised the possibility the Federal Reserve will start winding down its economic stimulus program soon.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 01 August 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook The Australian Dollar has fallen below USD 0.9000 after good US economic data and a Federal Reserve announcement pulled the currency in opposite directions.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 31 July 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar tumbled more a one cent yesterday after remarks by RBA Governor Stevens on the inflation outlook for Australia and the scope for further reductions in the cash rate.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 30 July 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar is trading lower this morning as the market plays it safe ahead of the US Federal Reserve meeting later this week.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 26 July 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar benefited from a fall in the US Dollar against all currencies in the G-10 basket, after comments suggesting the Fed might not raise rates, even if the unemployment rate falls below 6.5%.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 23 July 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar is trading higher this morning following some weaker than expected data in the US and a stronger gold price.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 19 July 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar remains steady just below USD 0.9200 this morning after a relatively uneventful session overnight.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 17 July 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: It was a quiet night offshore ahead of Mr. Ben Bernanke's testimony tonight.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 16 July 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian dollar was slightly stronger overnight following the release of weak retail sales figures in the US.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 15 July 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian dollar traded down to just above 0.9000 on Friday night as markets focused on comments from the Chinese finance minister and another US Fed Reserve president on the prospect of a reduction in US monetary stimulus.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 11 July 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian dollar has a wild night. After breaking the 0.9200 range in early London, it fell to below 0.9100 at one
point after the release of the FOMC minutes (around 4:00am). Then another bounce after Bernanke's Q&A session, where his comments were
taken as a little more dovish that expected, has seen it back above 0.9200.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 10 July 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian dollar holds ground despite International Monetary Fund's China forecast.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 09 July 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has recovered back above USD0.9100 overnight, after a fairly quiet trading session Monday.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 08 July 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar fell on Friday night after US non-farm payrolls rose more than expected and the market began to expect the Fed to begin their tapering of monetary stimulus earlier than previously thought.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 05 July 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has traded higher after announcements from the Bank of England (BoE) and the European Central Bank (ECB) pushed major European share markets higher.
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Australian Dollar Outlook - 02 July 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian dollar has rebounded strongly overnight, back above USD0.9200 after trading as low USD0.9110 yesterday.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 01 July 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian dollar slid further on Friday night and has opened this week's trade in the low 0.9100's as the USD gained further strength after more comments from several US Federal Reserve Bank officials.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 28 June 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian dollar has had a rather quiet night of trading as better figures from the US on their economy and more accommodative comments from members of the US Federal Reserve calmed markets.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 27 June 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian dollar has lost some ground after a weaker-than-expected US economic growth figures drove an earlier rally in the local currency overnight.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 25 June 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has opened higher this morning following comments from US Federal Reserve Presidents overnight that the market may have overreacted to last week's Fed Statement.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 24 June 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has consolidated after its recent fall last week precipitated by the US Federal Reserve's statement that the pace of quantitative easing could begin to taper later this year if unemployment in the US continues to fall and has opened this morning just above 0.9300.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 21 June 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has fallen below USD 0.9200 overnight in an extremely volatile session which was essentially the sequel to Wednesday night's reaction to the FOMC meeting which prepared financial markets for the scaling back of quantitative easing.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 19 June 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The RBA minutes released yesterday leaves the door open to further cuts in interest rates.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 18 June 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: It was a fairly quiet session for currencies overnight with the AUD slowly drifting back towards the USD0.9550 level.
Australian Dollar Outlook - 17 June 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar traded in a narrow range on Friday night after the volatile moves of the past week as markets look forward this week to clues on the stimulus programs of both the US Federal Reserve and RBA.
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Australian Dollar Outlook - 14 June 2013
The Australian dollar breached its highest point in a week in tumultuous markets overnight, with the US Federal Reserve looking less likely to wind back its economic stimulus program.