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

Weak Global Data Causes Stock Market Losses And Support For The US Dollar

23 Mar 2012 at 9 AM - Written by David Woodsmith

STORY LINK Weak Global Data Causes Stock Market Losses And Support For The US Dollar

The Pound To US Dollar Exchange Rate is 1.5864. Yesterday’s session in the currency markets was marked by a flight to safety from institutional investors, which saw the safe-haven US Dollar well-supported and the high-yielding Australian Dollar, New Zealand Dollar and South African Rand sold off. Global share markets also registered...

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More UK QE Off The Menu For Now, Sending Sterling Higher Against The Euro And US Dollar

22 Mar 2012 at 9 AM - Written by Minesh Chaudhari

STORY LINK More UK QE Off The Menu For Now, Sending Sterling Higher Against The Euro And US Dollar

Sterling stepped into the spotlight during yesterday’s session in the currency markets, as a raft of key UK data releases and risk events hit the headlines. The day started with mixed messages regarding the British economy, with the release of official government figures which showed that the UK’s Public Sector Net Borrowing...

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Sterling To Euro Exchange Rate In Limbo Ahead Of Today?s BoE Minutes And UK Budget Statement

21 Mar 2012 at 9 AM - Written by John Cameron

STORY LINK Sterling To Euro Exchange Rate In Limbo Ahead Of Today?s BoE Minutes And UK Budget Statement

The headline rate of UK inflation dropped to its lowest level since the end of 2010, official government figures, released yesterday, showed. The Consumer Prices Index fell to an annualised 3.4% in February, down from January’s monthly figure of 3.6%, suggesting that the Bank of England is managing to rein in the ravaging effects of...

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Indecision In Global Share Markets Holds Back The Australian And New Zealand Dollars

20 Mar 2012 at 9 AM - Written by Frank Davies

STORY LINK Indecision In Global Share Markets Holds Back The Australian And New Zealand Dollars

It was a case of mixed messages for global markets during yesterday’s session – London’s FTSE 100 share index closed slightly down on the day, while Paris’s Cac 40 suffered more significant losses and US share indices spent most of the day trading into positive territory. This indecision for equities markets fed into the currency...

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Weak US Data Holds Back The Australian And New Zealand Dollars

19 Mar 2012 at 9 AM - Written by David Woodsmith

STORY LINK Weak US Data Holds Back The Australian And New Zealand Dollars

The Pound Sterling to Australian Dollar (GBP AUD) exchange rate is 1.4952. Last week’s session ended with a slew of data releases across the global economy. Prominent amongst these was Friday morning’s whole of eurozone Trade Balance numbers for January, which showed a significant drop-off from December’s counterpart figure of...

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Currency Rate Forecasts For The Pound Sterling, US Dollar, Euro and Australian Dollar

15 Mar 2012 at 4 PM - Written by Tim Boyer

STORY LINK Currency Rate Forecasts For The Pound Sterling, US Dollar, Euro and Australian Dollar

Bad news for the UK economy earlier today – leading credit ratings agency Fitch issued a report stating that it was placing Britain’s credit rating under review, meaning that there is a 50% probability that UK debt will lose its AAA status. With no further UK tier one economic data releases penned in for the remainder of this week’s...

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Investors Shift Out Of Risk Following Citigroup?s Stress Test Failure, Sending GBP USD Exchange Rate Down

15 Mar 2012 at 9 AM - Written by John Cameron

STORY LINK Investors Shift Out Of Risk Following Citigroup?s Stress Test Failure, Sending GBP USD Exchange Rate Down

The US Dollar was the main beneficiary of a scaling back of global appetite for risk during yesterday’s session in the currency markets. This saw the GBP USD exchange rate trade down to 1.5654, close to a 2-month low. This shift into safe haven assets and in particular the US T-Bill, was partly elicited by the news that four US retail...

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Global Share Markets And The Pound To US Dollar Exchange Rate Slump, As Fears Of Greek Debt Default Return

7 Mar 2012 at 9 AM - Written by Minesh Chaudhari

STORY LINK Global Share Markets And The Pound To US Dollar Exchange Rate Slump, As Fears Of Greek Debt Default Return

The GBP to USD exchange rate is 1.5707. Global stock markets took an absolute beating during yesterday’s session in the currency markets, as appetite for risk amongst the international investment community evaporated. This saw London’s FTSE 100 lose almost 2% of its value on the day, whilst the broader-ranging FTSE 250 index closed...

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Pound To Dollar Exchange Rate Gains On Posive Global Data

6 Mar 2012 at 9 AM - Written by John Cameron

STORY LINK Pound To Dollar Exchange Rate Gains On Posive Global Data

The Pound to US Dollar exchange rate is 1.5826, while the Pound to Australian Dollar exchange rate is 1.4907. In spite of worrying developments from China and the US at the start of this week’s session, the US Dollar failed to make up any significant ground against Sterling over the 48 hours since the market re-opened. The downgrading...

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Pound To US Dollar Rate Could Head Lower As Obama Threatens Iran With Action

5 Mar 2012 at 9 AM - Written by Frank Davies

STORY LINK Pound To US Dollar Rate Could Head Lower As Obama Threatens Iran With Action

The Pound to US Dollar exchange rate is 1.5814. Friday’s session in the currency markets saw the release of a slew of economic data. The general tone of these figures was positive – German Retail Sales figures for January thrashed expectations, the latest UK PMI Construction sector survey showed a marked pick-up in the rate of growth...

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