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Following this weeks’ weaker than expected consumer price inflation figure (up 1.6% from a year ago) for Australia’s first quarter, nearly every analyst is predicting an interest rate cut from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) at their 1st of May meeting. The main debate seems to centre on whether the rate cut will 25 [...]
Finally the Pound Australian Dollar (GBPAUD) exchange rate has rallied which, having been months now since I last wrote that, I am guessing is a welcome relief to witness the Aussie Dollar selling off for a change. The trigger has not been Europe but China which is Australia’s single biggest export market. Since the last [...]
The folks over at Halo Financial recently published a really useful technical analysis of the Australian Dollar and the approprateness of buying or selling Australian Dollars based on its current strength Key points taken from the document are as follows: The focus for the Australian Dollar was / is and no doubt will be: 1) [...]
The Australian Dollar has benefitted from very high interest rates compared with the rest of the advanced global economies for the quite some time now. Australian interest rates are currently at 4.25% making the carry trade attractive to investors who can only achieve interest rates of 0.5% in the UK, and even less in the [...]
I am sticking with very long term charts for the Sterling – Australian Dollar exchange rate because we are into uncharted territory on anything shorter term. As you can see from the chart (Click for larger version), not since 1985 has the Australian Dollar been so strong against the Pound. The reasons the Aussie Dollar [...]
The Pound has remained relatively stable against the Australian Dollar for the past 6 months or so. There is very clear technical support at A$1.48 which came into play when the Pound fell below the previous support at A$1.49 a few days ago. As you can see, A$ 1.48 provided support through July and August [...]
Events outside Australia are having a far greater influence on the Aussie Dollar than anything from within. We had some poor housing and retail sales data from Australia earlier in the week but that was largely ignored as investors preferred to focus on the slightly improved tone from the Eurozone. That gave some cause for [...]
We were all hoping to see the RBA cut interest rates before the end of 2011 and our patience was rewarded on Tuesday when they cut rates by 0.25% to 4.5%. Obviously the Aussie weakened as a result, and the market began speculating on whether there would be an additional 0.25% in the December meeting. [...]
The Aussie Dollar has been a roller coaster ride of late with events around the world dictating short term moves in the currency. It has been widely publicised that Australia is the only major economy to have avoided a recession during the current financial crisis and economic growth rebounded strongly in the second quarter of [...]
The Australian and New Zealand dollars have not exactly kept in step with each other in the last three months but the AUD/NZD exchange rate today is exactly where it was in late February and mid-April. Both currencies have appreciated against the pound by about 5.5% over the period. Sterling has fallen by a net [...]
The first two and a half months of 2011 saw the Australian Dollar weaken against the pound from A$ 1.51 to nearly A$ 1.65 and then within the last 6 working days the Pound gave up 75% of those gains. The retracement has causes on both sides of the equation. From the UK perspective, a [...]
Not looked at the Aussie Dollar Exchange rate’s for a while but for those of you looking to migrate to Australia from the UK, it’s not great news unfortunately. The Sterling – Australian Dollar exchange rate is about as bad as it has been for AUD buyers since the Australian government let their currency float [...]
I’ve not done one of these for a while so please find below an update following UK Sterlings rises and falls against the Aussie Dollar in recent months. Sterling’s sharp rebound in May took the currency up to $1.75. Since then there has been a fair amount of action, but no progress in either direction. [...]
Having seen the pound slide dramatically against the Australian dollar since the beginning of the year, we have now at least witnessed a halt to the decline. A new low in the interbank market of A$1.62 was recorded in March, as investors shunned the pound following concerns over the size of the UK’s public borrowing [...]
Pension Transfers are not the most exciting part of emigrating to Australia. It certainly won’t have you jumping for joy like when you finally get your visa in your hand, but when you realise that what you could save on tax by having correct, timely advise could be more than all your other emigration costs put together, you’ll realise it’s time to think very seriously about making the most of transferring your UK pension to Australia.
If you’re emigrating to Australia from the UK you’ll probably be worried about getting your visa, passing the medicals, figuring out where to live and getting a job. Rightfully so, but there’s one step that far too many Brits think about too late or even worse, not at all and this could be costing them Tens of Thousands of pounds! Pensions are not the most thing to talk about but I was lucky enough to talk to Darion Pohl of Prism Xpat.
