Happy birthday AUD: A timeline of how the Australian dollar was floated 40 years ago
The momentous decision to float the Australian dollar was taken on Friday, December 9, 1983, by the Hawke Labor Government.
The Australian dollar dropped to its lowest level in four years early this morning, following a surge in the US dollar overnight. The Gre…
The Australian dollar has bounced back to just over US90 cents this morning, but it is still far off the US95 cent mark where it hovered thr…
Lately, I have been asked what appears to be a relatively simple, straight forward and reasonable question to ask – can the Aussie dollar …
The meteoric rise of the Australian dollar since the GFC has severely affected Australian importers and exporters. It can be a particular ch…
US president Barack Obama has insisted that the country still deserves its AAA credit rating, despite its recent downgrade. Speaking a…
As start-up entrepreneurs arrive at work after the most dramatic few days since the GFC, they are likely to have two key questions on their …
European financial chiefs have held emergency talks over whether to prevent Italy and Spain being dragged into the debt crisis that has fuel…
Three of Australia’s largest retailers have attacked the federal government workplace regulations, claiming that they are hampering busine…
The Australian sharemarket fell 1.9% to a nine-month low yesterday and is now almost 10% below its peak in April this year, amid renewed con…
The Reserve Bank is prepared to cap surcharges on credit card transactions to prevent merchants from gouging customers through excessive fee…
