Forex- selepas data pembiayaan perumahan dolar Australia jatuh lagi Dolar Australia merosot lagi pada hari Jumaat pada data pembiayaan perumahan pembukaan lagu untuk bulan Ogos sebagai pelabur saw terus tanda-tanda ekonomi domestik yang lemah. USD/JPY traded at 107.82, down 0.24%, after the minutes while AUD/USD changed hands at 0.8754, down 1.00%, after disappointing housing finance data and as the market continued to react to jobs data revisions by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. EUR/USD traded at 1.2694, down 0.34%. The Bank of Japan released minustes of its September monetary policy meeting that showed at least one of the nine board members said a target of 2% sustained inflation by fiscal 2015 will be hard to hit and that a majority of members said it was key to monitor inflation expectations across the economy. Japan bank lending figures for September showed a gain of 2.4% on year. In Australia August housing finance fell 0.9%, well below the 0.1% rise seen. The dollar softened broadly on Wednesday after the minutes of the Feds Sept. 16-17 policy meeting revealed that a number of monetary authorities believe the banks current language painted the wrong picture on the timing of rate hikes and that an interest rate rise should be tied to U.S. economic recovery. The minutes also showed that the U.S. central bank cut its growth outlook due to a stronger dollar and concerns over global weakness. Elsewhere, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi spoke earlier and reiterated that the institutions willingness to loosen policy to steer the euro area away from deflationary decline if needed, adding that markets are expecting the bank to begin hiking interest rates some time in 2017. The US Dollar Index, which tracks the performance of the greenback versus a basket of six other major currencies, was down 0.04% at 85.62. On Friday, the U.S. is to round up the week with data on import prices.
Posted on: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 03:15:10 +0000