Aussie Fights Back
February 11th, 2010 admin
The Australian dollar reminded us of its strength, riding north on another round of good employment figures. It’s now approaching an important resistance line. An update on this strong currency. The Australian unemployment rate fell to the lowest level in 11 months: only 5.3%. This exceeded expectations for a small rise from 5.5% to 5.6%. Contrary to the US, where the unemployment rate falls and jobs are are lost , Australia sees another rise in jobs: 52.7K – almost four times the early expectations of 15.2K job gains. Note that also last month’s job gain was revised upwards to…
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