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UK unemployment figures cement strong advances for Pound to Australian dollar exchange rate, 1.5 is a whisker away
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- Published on Wednesday, 14 March 2012 10:34
- Written by Will Peters
The pound to Australian dollar exchange rate is 0.5% higher on yesterday's close at 1.4972. Recent gains by sterling mean that the psychologically significant level of 1.5 is a whisker away.
The pound to New Zealand dollar exchange rate is a full 0.98% for the better, the GBP-NZD is at 1.9299
Backing the pound sterling against the Aussie dollar this morning was news that UK unemployment has increased at its fastest pace in over a year, shoring up consensus that the UK economy is improving.
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UK unemployment rose by 28,000 to 2.67 million during the three months to January, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Sterling is trading very positively indeed against the Australian dollar (Currency:AUD) and looks likely to test the 1.50 level today.
"It is difficult to isolate what is driving sterling on so hard this morning. There has been big Japanese name buying sterling against the yen in order to fund a major M&A deal, which seems to be helping GBP across the board," says Richard Driver, FX analysts with Caxton Fx.
There was yet more bad news from the Australian economy, which really is going through a soft patch at present. A consumer sentiment survey was poor and quarterly housing starts data remained on its downtrend.
Sterling is on the front foot against the New Zealand dollar, which hasn’t been helped by a more upbeat US Federal Reserve statement.
US economic improvement was positive for the New Zealand dollar for much of last year as it provided a boost to risk appetite.
"However, the uptrend is now weighing on the likelihood of the Fed deciding on further quantitative easing and represents a negative factor for the kiwi dollar. Asian stocks performed well last night, so the kiwi’s downside was limited.
"Sterling’s had an excellent morning and this pair is now trading just below 1.93, there is room for further gains," says Driver.
