Inflows on the rise for US dollar ETF

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Investors looking to capitalise on a falling AUD A growing number of investors are looking to capitalise on a potential further decline in the Australian dollar with trading data from

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Job ads at 17-month high; Record China trade surplus

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Job Advertisements; Chinese trade Hiring again: Job advertisements rose by 1.5 per cent in August to a 17-month high. Bigger Chinese trade surplus: The Chinese trade surplus rose from US$47.3 billion to

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Transition of the Australian economy – What does it mean for rates and the dollar?

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For Sophisticated Investors Only Mining: How deep is the hole? Chart 1 shows that mining as a percentage of GDP is at record highs, although it has started to drop

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Higher Aussie dollar to cap petrol price

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Weekly Petrol Prices Petrol prices drop: According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the national average Australian price of petrol fell by 1.8 cents per litre to 149.9 cents a

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The Australian dollar – still more to fall

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Key points The rising tide in favour of the $A has well and truly reversed with further downside likely in the years ahead, particularly against the $US and Euro. The

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RBA: Cautious optimism but in wait and see mode

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RBA Board minutes Reserve Bank Board minutes: Minutes of the November Board meeting confirm that the Reserve Bank is assessing developments before deciding the next move in interest rates. “it was

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Weekly market & economic update – week ending 8 November

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 Key events of the past week and implications The past week saw US shares pushed lower by increasing fears that the Fed will start to taper its quantitative easing program

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US debt ceiling: is there a long-term solution?

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Thankfully politicians in the US can at least agree on one thing – that America defaulting on its obligations would be a “bad thing”. And so it was recently at

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Lending lifts to 5-year high; Petrol price slides

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Petrol prices; Lending Finance; Credit & debit card lending Petrol prices: According to the Australian Institute of Petroleum, the national average Australian price of unleaded petrol fell by 2.3 cents

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Mining to benefit from weak $A, says manager

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The weaker $A will benefit tourism, education, agricultural and even the mining industry, a leading fund manager says. Pengana Capital’s Australian equities fund manager Rhett Kessler says ‘a lower $A

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