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Aussie dollar surges past parity as the US Federal Reserve ‘prints money’
The Aussie dollar has surged past parity with the US dollar, reaching as high as US1.0062 after the US Federal Reserve announced that it would buy $600 billion in treasury bonds in an additional round of ‘quantitative easing’ to prevent deflation.
David Olsen · 2 min
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Aussie dollar fails to reach parity with US dollar after hitting US 99.94cents
The Aussie dollar has failed to reach parity with the US dollar after coming as close as US 99.94 cents yesterday as profit takers moved into the market ahead of the release of US economic data tonight Australian time.
David Olsen · 2 min