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Re: Aussie dollar hits parity with Greenback
« Reply #45 on: April 27, 2011, 10:08:57 PM »
Another high

Inflation forecasts raised today. Result dollar $1.085.

Rate rise guaratneed now in the next few months. Dollar will hit 1.10-1.15 no doubt now


Agree daniel, though I would expect that the RBA will hold off on interest rates next week and watch what happens with costs over the next month or 2.

The experts are saying that food prices that have gone up because of the Qld flods & cyclone Yasi are likely to stabilise or perhaps drop back to "normal" levels

Yes it played a major part IMO. We not only pay more for Food, petrol etc but Insurance too which fuels the inflation number.

We would be paying $2 a litre for fuel if the USD was around 80 cent mark.

There are no experts when predicting rates, USD etc etc. Its 90% guess work cause reality is no one really knows.

These economists change their mind like Andy D and Adrian tosser Anderson.

Rates are a certainty by July i would say. I will get buy some USD very soon to keep in the kitty till next year.

Honestly anything over 1.10 is unbelievable value for money when travelling over there.

Holiday about to be booked for 2011 with our new born. Cruise out of Miami to Carribean for $600.

Cant beat it if you havent tried it :thumbsup

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Re: Aussie dollar hits parity with Greenback
« Reply #46 on: April 28, 2011, 11:57:20 AM »
Over $1.09 today and possibly heading towards $1.12 :o

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Re: Aussie dollar hits parity with Greenback
« Reply #47 on: April 28, 2011, 12:19:29 PM »
getting interesting in investment terms. may have to start looking at US based equities to take advantage of our own strengthening dollar.

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Re: Aussie dollar hits parity with Greenback
« Reply #48 on: April 29, 2011, 11:49:24 AM »
Might splash out and get myself a nice little place over in Detroit.



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Re: Aussie dollar hits parity with Greenback
« Reply #49 on: April 30, 2011, 04:12:40 AM »
Might splash out and get myself a nice little place over in Detroit.



I can afford $180US.  :o
There were stacks of foreclosures in place like Detroit and Cleveland when the GFC hit. People just walking out and abandoning their homes. House prices have nosedived over there.
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Re: Aussie dollar hits parity with Greenback
« Reply #50 on: April 30, 2011, 10:57:40 AM »
Might splash out and get myself a nice little place over in Detroit.



I can afford $180US.  :o
There were stacks of foreclosures in place like Detroit and Cleveland when the GFC hit. People just walking out and abandoning their homes. House prices have nosedived over there.

We are at 1.10 and its hard not to see this heading toward 1.15-1.20 now. Who knows. I very much doubt we will see this levels for a very very long time maybe not again in our lifetime especially if it reaches the 1.20 mark.

There are Australian Companies like www.888usrealestate.com.au smashing the market with offers of High yield but as we know high return means high risk.

Some of the sales i get emailed are unbelievable value. If only you had someone over there who could manage it for you.
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Re: Aussie dollar hits parity with Greenback
« Reply #51 on: April 30, 2011, 08:51:46 PM »
America are stuffed Dollar might not hold these high levels but they will return. America are going to have to keep printing for a while yet.

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Re: Aussie dollar hits parity with Greenback
« Reply #52 on: May 03, 2011, 12:46:04 AM »
The A$ went past $1.10 yesterday before falling back to $1.0943. Experts are now raising the maximum value it will reach to $1.15  :o
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Re: Aussie dollar hits parity with Greenback
« Reply #53 on: May 09, 2011, 10:38:12 PM »
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Re: Aussie dollar hits parity with Greenback
« Reply #54 on: July 27, 2011, 11:45:53 AM »
Just announced that our economy grew 0.9% in the last quarter so the Aussie dollar has jumped to a record high of $1.104  :o
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Re: Aussie dollar hits parity with Greenback
« Reply #55 on: July 27, 2011, 12:42:09 PM »
Just proves MT that economists have no better idea than predicting than everyday aussies.

last week it was rates are on hold for the rest of the year, amidst the doom and gloom of the PIGS and USA, and now its rates are on the way up, possibly as soon as August.

Seriously hearing "experts" like koshy predict the economic future of Australia is comical.



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Re: Aussie dollar hits parity with Greenback
« Reply #56 on: July 27, 2011, 01:45:52 PM »
Seriously hearing "experts" like koshy predict the economic future of Australia is comical.


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Re: Aussie dollar hits parity with Greenback
« Reply #57 on: July 27, 2011, 03:43:18 PM »
Just proves MT that economists have no better idea than predicting than everyday aussies.

last week it was rates are on hold for the rest of the year, amidst the doom and gloom of the PIGS and USA, and now its rates are on the way up, possibly as soon as August.

Seriously hearing "experts" like koshy predict the economic future of Australia is comical.
With any mathematical statistics it's a lot easier to make long-term predictions based on smooth long-term trends than short-term predictions where "noise" dominates especially in such a current volatile global economic environment. My hunch (I'm no economist) is we need to wait a quarter or two more to see the real underlying inflation trend as the flow effects of the natural disasters of last summer seem to have still affected the June quarter CPI figure. Bananas for example are still well over $10 per kg.
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Re: Aussie dollar hits parity with Greenback
« Reply #58 on: August 09, 2011, 03:17:52 PM »
yep dollar now below parity.

Prediction is now for a rate cut. Last week it was a rise. Week before that was a cut

crazy times ahead
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Re: Aussie dollar hits parity with Greenback
« Reply #59 on: August 09, 2011, 04:34:47 PM »
yep dollar now below parity.

Prediction is now for a rate cut. Last week it was a rise. Week before that was a cut

crazy times ahead

Not wrong

Sharemarket looked bleak this morning but has bounced back this arvo to finish in the black today

Our economy is strong compared to others and we have investors panicking
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