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No report from me yesterday, however to quickly recap; not a great deal happened over the weekend or for that matter overnight. AUD/USD and AUD/EUR are the decliners down around half a percent since Friday morning, while AUD/GBP moved higher as continued Brexit shenanigans keep U.K traders on their toes. The AUD is unchanged vs. the Kiwi and Japanese Yen.
Equities and Commodities prices, namely metal prices continued to perform well through last week as signs U.S/China trade tensions are slowly dissolving, however growth headwinds within the Chinese economy persist and this was highlighted by yesterday’s slowest pace of GDP growth since 2009.
But as they say ‘it’s all in the numbers’, and percentages can deceive. GDP growth in China in 2009 was around 9% and GDP was at 5T USD, so in nominal terms China grew GDP by 500B USD in 2009. Today China’s GDP stands at around 12.5T USD with GDP growth at 6.5%. Nominally that means China grew GDP by a little over 800B USD in the past 12 months. The bigger China’s economy gets naturally the slower they’ll grow. However consider China is a country of nearly 1.4b people, there is still decades of pent up demand within the economy.
AUD EXCHANGE RATES:
AUD/USD – 0.7128
AUD/GBP – 0.5521
AUD/EUR – 0.6265
AUD/NZD – 1.0606
AUD/JPY – 78.202
USD/BTC – $3,520
OTHER MARKETS:
All Ords (XAO) – 5,953
Gold – A$1,786/oz
Silver – A$21.28/oz
WTI – US$54.20/barrel
DATA RELEASES TODAY:
USD – Bank Holiday – MLK Day
GBP – Average Earnings Index at 8.30pm
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