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A round up of the latest Australian Dollar forecast news items from the Currency News desk.

Disappointing Japanese and Chinese Data Hurts GBP USD Exchange Rate, While GBP AUD and GBP NZD Could Climb

10 Sep 2012 at 4 PM - Written by John Cameron

The past twenty four hours have brought the release of further disappointing data from the Far East. Perhaps the most worrying figures of all emanated from the 'workshop of the world' in the form of the latest Chinese trade numbers, which revealed that the world's second largest economy exported and imported a lower volume of goods and...

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Strong US Jobs Data And ECB?s Confirmation Of Bond Purchases Sends Stocks Higher, GBP AUD and GBP NZD Exchange Rates Lower

6 Sep 2012 at 4 PM - Written by Minesh Chaudhari

This afternoon’s session in the currency markets has seen several major risk events which have brought price swings for the world’s major currencies. The two headline Central Bank decisions saw no alteration from the ECB and the Bank of England. On balance, investors had considered it more likely that the ECB would trim rate than the...

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Pound To Euro Exchange Rate Forecast, USD & AUD Predictions

5 Sep 2012 at 4 PM - Written by Ben Hughes

Today brings a blank day for tier one UK data releases, meaning that the POUND STERLING has traded with a neutral bias ahead of tomorrow’s keynote Bank of England monetary policy announcement. Expect Sterling to tumble if a surprise rate cut or more quantitative easing are announced. Friday afternoon’s NIESR GDP estimate for the British...

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Today's Exchange Rate Predictions For GBP, EUR, USD & AUD

4 Sep 2012 at 4 PM - Written by Minesh Chaudhari

After yesterday’s positive PMI Manufacturing survey, it was a case of ‘back down to earth with a bump’ for the POUND STERLING today, following the release of a disappointing PMI Construction survey, which showed that the building sector the UK economy unexpectedly contracted last month. Investors holding Sterling are nervously awaiting...

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Daily Exchange Rate Predictions For USD, GBP, EUR and AUD

31 Aug 2012 at 4 PM - Written by John Cameron

The US DOLLAR has firmed this afternoon following doom-laden comments from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke in Jackson Hole. Bernanke expressed his ‘grave concern’ regarding the state of America’s labour market and talked of the US’s ‘daunting economic challenges’. While he failed to rule out further QE in the States, there was nothing...

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Pound To Australian Dollar Exchange Rate Up Following Weak Australian Building Approvals Data

30 Aug 2012 at 9 AM - Written by John Cameron

Last night’s Asian session saw a tame performance from the region’s leading stock indices, with both Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng giving up over 1% of their total value. The shift out of risk was partly driven by last night’s highly disappointing Australian Building Approvals data for July, which showed a massive...

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Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Forecasts For EUR, USD, GBP and AUD For Today

28 Aug 2012 at 4 PM - Written by James Fuller

The EURO has made gains against both the US Dollar and the Pound on the day, taking the GBP EUR exchange rate down to 1.2578. The move has come in spite of escalating concerns regarding Spain’s public finances following the revelation that Catalonia, an autonomous region of the Iberian state, is seeking a €5bn bailout from Madrid. A...

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Today?s Currency Exchange Rate Predictions For GBP EUR USD & AUD

20 Aug 2012 at 6 PM - Written by John Cameron

Today brought yet another poor session for the EURO, sending the GBP EUR exchange rate up to 1.2765 this afternoon. The selling pressure on the single currency was not driven by any specific data releases, but instead by comments from the Bundesbank suggesting that a decision by the ECB to extend its bond purchase scheme would be a mistake....

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Exchange Rates Today - GBP/AUD & GBP/NZD Rate Dip on Positive Australian Data

9 Aug 2012 at 10 AM - Written by Frank Davies

Last night’s major risk events of note came in the form of the latest New Zealand and Australian employment figures. The headline Australian figure showed that the domestic rate of unemployment had unexpectedly dipped from 5.3% to 5.2% last month. The release proved supportive for the Aussie Dollar, sending the GBP AUD exchange rate down to...

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Pound To Dollar Exchange Rate Under Threat As Standard Chartered Shares Slump

7 Aug 2012 at 10 AM - Written by James Fuller

As this morning’s European session gets underway, yesterday’s positive performance in the world’s share markets could be cancelled out following revelations regarding giant UK-based bank Standard Chartered, which broke overnight. It is alleged by the New York State Department of Financial Services that the British behemoth has colluded...

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