After rallying 1% versus the US dollar in the previous week, the Australian dollar was heading southwards as the new trading week begins. The Australian dollar US dollar exchange rate is trading 0.2% lower at the time of writing at US$0.6825.<\/p>\n
Trade headlines and weak Chinese data were dragging on demand for the Aussie dollar on Monday. Chinese exports shrank for the fourth straight month in November, highlighting the pressure on manufacturers amid the ongoing US \u2014 Sino trade dispute. The weak data brought back concerns of a slowdown in China, the world\u2019s second largest economy. The Australian dollar is a proxy for China explaining the drop in the Aussie.<\/p>\n
There was one brighter area within the trade report; the data from China also showed growth in imports, which could be a possible indication that stimulus steps being taken by Beijing, are in fact starting to work through the financial system and lift domestic demand.<\/p>\n
The Chinese data came to a backdrop of increasing tensions between the US and China after President Trump called on the World Bank to stop lending to China. His comments don\u2019t bode well for a deal between the two sides ahead of the December 15th<\/sup> deadline. Should the Trump administration deem that insufficient progress has been made towards a trade deal by the 15th<\/sup> December, a fresh round of trade tariffs will be applied. Under these circumstances, the Australian dollar could drop lower.<\/p>\n Investors will now look ahead to Australian consumer confidence data due later today and a speech by Reserve Bank of Australia\u2019s President Phillip Lowe, who is due to give a speech.<\/p>\n The US dollar is trending broadly lower, albeit higher than the Australian dollar, after surging on Friday following a stellar jobs report. 266,000 jobs were created in November, well ahead of the 180,000 forecasts. The figures showed that US labour market is solid and have cemented investors\u2019 belief that the Fed will keep monetary policy on hold at the Fed meeting this week.<\/p>\n Today optimism following the non-farm payroll report is starting to fade and trade tensions are also hitting the mood for the greenback. There is no high impacting data due to be released today or tomorrow. Investors will remain glued to trade headlines.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For example, it could be written:<\/span><\/p>\n 1 USD = 0.6784 AUD<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n Here, $1 is equivalent to approximately A$0.67. This specifically measures the US dollar\u2019s worth against the Australian dollar. If the Aussie dollar amount increases in this pairing, it\u2019s positive for the US dollar.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Or, if you were looking at it the other way around:<\/span><\/p>\n 1 AUD = 1.4739 USD<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n In this example, A$1 is equivalent to approximately $1.47. This measures the Australian dollar\u2019s worth versus the US Dollar. If the US dollar number gets larger, it\u2019s good news for the Aussie dollar.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n After rallying 1% versus the US dollar in the previous week, the Australian dollar was heading southwards as the new trading week begins. The Australian dollar US dollar exchange rate is trading 0.2% lower at the time of writing at US$0.6825. Trade headlines and weak Chinese data were dragging on demand for the Aussie dollar […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163946597,"featured_media":3199,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1547,1381],"tags":[1540,1578,1541,1408,1542,1415,1479,1431,1400,1397,1398],"class_list":{"0":"post-83393","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-aud","8":"category-usd","9":"tag-aud","10":"tag-aussie-dollar","11":"tag-australian-dollar","12":"tag-fed","13":"tag-rba","14":"tag-trade-dispute","15":"tag-trade-talks","16":"tag-trade-war","17":"tag-trump","18":"tag-us-dollar","19":"tag-usd"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDollar Slips As NFP Boost Fades<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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