The research discusses the impact of the Reserve Bank of Australia’s policy rate cuts on the weakening Australian dollar, continuing concerns over China’s growth outlook, the European sovereign crisis and anticipation of further policy cuts. Economic data has been robust with increased retail sales and a drop in unemployment rates.

The report also includes graphs that follow the historical trajectory on a number of key indicators in Australia, US, UK, Europe, Japan and Canada.

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The report examines the trends in economic data and expectations across the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and US Federal Reserve (Fed) bank.

The RBA is signalling that a further tightening in monetary policy is necessary and employment growth over the past quarter has been relatively weak.

Although there are tentative signs that some of the temporary negative economic forces are beginning to reverse, The Fed is likely to stay on middle growth due to a slowdown in economic activity.

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