Rate rises may make their way back on the agenda. The Australian dollar should benefit.
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JARROD KERR It certainly looks as if the U.S. dollar may succumb to sell side flows this week. This should imply...
PRASHANT NEWNAHA Narrowing interest-rate differentials with the U.S. will continue to hit the Australian dollar.
BENJAMIN PEDLEY Australia's interest-rate margin will be maintained. The risk-reward for the Australian dollar is th...
ADRIAN FOSTER The trend should be a weakening one for the Australian dollar.
MICHAEL THOMAS The pendulum has swung back in favor of a March rate hike. The dollar-bull camp is based on the inte...
MARC CHANDLER Michigan was a touch below consensus. The dollar may pull back a little, especially against interest...
DANIEL KATZIVE The Australian dollar has been dragged down by the New Zealand dollar. Both currencies may well go t...
GREG GIBBS The disappointing GDP means the Australian dollar will be vulnerable. This takes the Reserve Bank's ...
CLIFFORD BENNETT Interest-rate support for the Australian dollar will lessen quite substantially as the year progress...
NICK BENNENBROEK Higher U.S. interest rates will continue to support the U.S. dollar in the near term. We're still lo...
BESA DEDA There is little doubt that firms in the US have plenty of pricing power, given the continued strengt...
BESA DEDA We expect the dollar to remain strong in early 2006. (But) once the U.S. Federal Reserve finishes ti...
BESA DEDA Howard's comments have encouraged further selling in the Australian dollar.
BESA DEDA A minority government may increase uncertainty and create some short-term volatility in the currency...
BESA DEDA I think that tug of war will just keep it in a range.
BESA DEDA The ECB probably won't do very much, maybe one or two rate hikes, and if the Fed keeps tightening th...
BESA DEDA The chances of a rate hike will underpin the dollar. Even though the Fed is coming to the end of its...
BESA DEDA Given the drop in gold prices and base metal prices I would see the upside to be quite limited for t...
BESA DEDA He still retains the ability to use the assets in a way that may return benefit to him, for instance...
MARCUS OWENS The Australian dollar is being marked down by association with the New Zealand dollar.
CLIFFORD BENNETT There's a risk of weakness in the Australian dollar in the next couple of days. Any decline in commo...
JOHN HORNER There's a risk of weakness in the Australian dollar in the next couple of days, ... Any decline in c...
JOHN HORNER I don't think the Fed are going to signal any kind of pause in rate increases next week. There's no ...
IAN GUNNER Despite the lofty gains in the Australian dollar, commodity prices have meant it now looks undervalu...
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MARK TWAIN The market is shifting back to the view that the U.S. economy is picking up, and we may see further ...
ANTJE PRAEFCKE For the Australian dollar it has been guilt by association.
ASHLEY DAVIES This should support the dollar. Rate expectations have been the driving force in currency markets th...
BRAD JONES A stronger won is a big risk, but Hyundai should see its earnings grow unless the won rises above 95...
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ERNEST HEMINGWAY The Fed is close to ending their rate rises, while many other countries are starting to begin theirs...
ANDY BRENNER The Australian dollar has moved up against all other currencies quite sharply. The market has been w...
GREG GIBBS The market is losing reasons to buy the dollar. The end of an interest-rate-driven market may be dra...
HIDENORI KATO A strong number will keep alive speculation of more rate hikes. It should give some support to the d...
ADRIAN FOSTER Sovereignty is back on the agenda.
DESMOND MORTON There's more upside risk on the dollar as the rate differential still attracts buyers. The U.S. econ...
JUN KITAZAWA The real mechanism is what this will do to the dollar. It may be the straw that breaks the camel's b...
PAUL WALKER The risk is that the deficit is rather worse than the market is looking for and if that's the case i...
ADAM COLE Interest rate expectations are driving the dollar.
BOB SINCHE The Chinese probably concluded they have far too much exposure to the dollar, and that the dollar ha...
PARESH UPADHYAYA Alan Greenspan's rate hikes aren't just to hold down an economic boom. He's trying to bring investor...
JAMES DINES The market is still expecting two more rate rises from the Federal Reserve, which will keep improvin...
FUMIHIKO KAWANO Real demand for the dollar strengthened in the morning. But the dollar faced a bout of selling later...
KOTARO KUNIMOCHI We primarily see dollar strength because we're expecting one to two more rate hikes from the Fed. Al...
KATHY LIEN The jobs numbers weren't small enough to warrant a downgrade to the Australian dollar at this stage.
CHRIS LOONG The Australian dollar will be under a little more pressure. I can't see a changed policy.
ALEX SINTON The Fed will probably slow the pace of interest-rate hikes after October. Should the reports signal ...
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DAVID HOGAN Market expectations... for a pause in interest rate rises have retreated.
KOSUKE HANAO The dollar remains firm, as the absolute U.S. interest- rate advantage still continues to exist. Rat...
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BRIDGET CAREY I believe the exchange rate could have a small reaction (to the rate hike). If the peso opened today...
EDUARDO ORPIS There's little upside for the Australian dollar at these levels. We expect the dollar to fall over t...
ADAM CARR We're expecting a fairly strong jobs figure, so the focus is going to be on how much the dollar will...
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MASAKI FUKUI The whole psychology of the market has changed since the U.S. unemployment figures on Friday. All th...
JAMES SO I call on the Australian Government to set out the conditions upon which they will provide a taxpaye...
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