AUD under pressure from GDP data - BBH
|Australia’s disappointing Q3 GDP (0.6% vs. expectations for 0.7% and weak consumption) saw the Australian dollar surrender the remainder of the retail sales inspired gains that were not unwound in North America yesterday, notes the research team at BBH.
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“The Aussie had tested the $0.7655 resistance area we cited, but back to $0.7600 in the North American afternoon yesterday. It sold off further, reaching almost $0.7570 before recovering in the European morning back toward $0.7600. Australian bonds rallied strongly, with the 10-year yield dropping 9 bp to 2.50%, and the two-year yield is off six basis points to 1.77%, to once again slip below US yields.”
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