Australian dollar

The Canadian dollar fell to a four-month low on Friday, ahead of the nation's CPI and Retail Sales reports. Earlier in the week the Canadian currency had been under pressure against its U.S. counterpart, as positive economic data and speculation over tighter monetary policy underpinned the...

The CurrencyShares Australian Dollar Trust (NYSE: FXA), the ETF proxy for the Australian dollar, has shown itself to be sensitive to chatter about Federal Reserve Tapering of quantitative easing. Since May 20, about the time tapering talk really started, FXA is off nearly seven percent. That...

Futures Rise Ahead of Fed U.S. equity futures rose in pre-market trading ahead of the FOMC rate decision. Also, Fiscal Cliff talks seem to be progressing and Democrats are willing to discuss completely rewriting the tax code, a key point of the Republican caucus. However, such a move might delay...

The Australian dollar and the Japanese Yuan cross this afternoon started to perk up after it traded sharply lower this morning down nearly 2% on US dollar strength and equity weakness. This pair has been closely correlated with the S&P500 for the greater par to this year. Currency's are...

The US dollar continued to move lower, adding to the losses suffered on Friday, after the release of weak non-farm payrolls data. The fall in the value of the dollar was worsened by comments made by a Federal Reserve official on the possibility of US interest rates continuing to remain low for some...