Australian dollar exchange rates and forecasts change all the time. This article looks at bank predictions and is updated regularly. The 2022 Australian dollar Forecasts are out now With most of 2021 out of the way, attention turns to 2022. Now that most economists have released their predictions for the Australian dollar, head here to find out the most up to date forecasts:
Two of Australia’s big banks have upgraded their forecast as the AUD/USD exchange rate hit a fresh 2 and a half year high above 76 cents. The National Australia Bank now expects the Australian dollar to move up to between 80 and 85 cents in the back half of next year. Westpac also increase their prediction for the AUD with a forecast of 82 cents by the end of 2021. Why the Australian dollar is rising There are a dozens of reasons why the Aussie dollar has been getting stronger. These include: Rising commodity prices like iron ore The […]
The AUD/USD exchange rate has risen 30% in 4 months. That is remarkable. 2020 has been a rocky ride for most currencies and markets and the Australian dollar is no different. Here are a few reasons why the Australian dollar has gotten so strong, so quickly. Overdone Part of the reason the Australian dollar bounced back so hard is that in March, it may have fallen too far. That is, during the first stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, markets sold off the AUD too hard, believing things were worse that they ended up being. On the other side of this, […]
In the first 3 months of 2020, the Australian dollar has fallen an amazing 15 cents from above 70 cents to 55. Now that it has recovered back above 60 cents, will it fall any further this year? Surprisingly, most bank forecasts have the Australian dollar slightly higher towards the middle and back end of 2020. So while it may fall further, it could still recover by the end of the year. While there are several reasons for the fall in the Australian dollar, they all have one thing in common – the coronavirus. Some of the reasons include: A […]
Possibly. The top banks in Australia and New Zealand have a pessimistic outlook for both the Aussie (AUD) and the Kiwi (NZD) near-term. With both currencies falling further and faster than expectations, top banks have lowered their AUDUSD outlook and NZD forecast. The question is, which currency will be weaker relative to the other? Recently, the AUDNZD bounced, which suggests the Aussie currency is performing slightly better than its Kiwi counterpart. The top banks expect the AUD to NZD exchange rate to rise, because the New Zealand dollar will remain weak compared to the Australian dollar. Check today’s AUDNZD Forex […]
Not likely. Since March, the Japanese Yen (JPY) moved higher, but the Australian dollar (AUD) plunged. The result short-term, has been a AUD JPY exchange rate that dropped to 10-year lows. With investors worried about US and China trade wars, most of the investment is flowing to the Japanese Yen. This is because the Japanese Yen is considered a “safe” investment, while the Australian Dollar is considered a relatively “high risk” asset. Bank experts find this interplay between the Australian dollar and Japanese Yen interesting, because it shows how worried or happy investors are about the state of the global […]
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