| The Australian dollar plunged against the greenback in the early hours of Friday morning, as central banks around the world move to ease monetary policy against the backdrop of potential US interest rate rises. Shortly after 9am the Aussie is fetching US77.67¢, down from US78.75¢ at Thursday's local close and US78.86¢ on Thursday morning. It fell as low as US77.20c overnight.
The slide in the Australian dollar was accompanied by falls for the New Zealand dollar and Turkish lira as bets increase that the three nations will be next in line to cut interest rates. The US currency gained versus most major counterparts as the fewest Americans in almost 15 years filed applications for unemployment benefits, a day after the Fed raised its assessment of the economy and played down low inflation...............................................Full Article: Source
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