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Currency Trade News

Strength Of Dollar May Crimp Exports

Thursday November 25, 2004
Clouds re-emerged over the Australian export sector and the bevy of Australian companies that generate most of their earnings in US currency as the dollar climbed to a nine-month high yesterday.

Currency Risks And Rewards

Monday November 22, 2004
With little fanfare, the Australian dollar has been heading back up towards US80 cents, matching last February's high. That is good news for those going overseas but less so for the economy.

Us Trade Woes To Give Australian Market Problems Of Its Own

Monday November 22, 2004
AUSTRALIA'S sharemarket is expected to open sharply lower this morning, after Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said foreign funding of the United States' massive trade deficit would eventually waver, prompting a Wall Street downturn.