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The Australian dollar advanced on
Monday, aided by a huge Chinese stimulus package that boosted
appetite for commodities and riskier assets and helped offset
pessimism over the domestic economy.
China, the world's fourth-largest economy, approved nearly
$600 billion in new government spending, seen by many as a move
to stave off the threat of a sharp slowdown in the global
economy. China is a big importer of Australian's commodity
exports [nN09395080].
The lift from China's action offset sluggish housing finance
data and a cut in growth forecasts by the Reserve Bank of
Australia (RBA) central bank as the credit crunch took its toll
on the economy.
The RBA also said it would review interest rates in the
months ahead with the aim to prevent a sharper downturn.
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"The RBA seems very pessimistic about the economy,
especially about Asia which is not good news for Australia,"
said Joseph Capurso, currency strategist at Commonwealth Bank.
"So the timing of the Chinese announcement is pretty good
and the Aussie got a boost from that earlier in the session."
By 4:15 p.m. (0515 GMT), the Aussie was at $0.6866
against the U.S. dollar, up from $0.6708 late here on Friday. It
rose to as high as $0.6930 during the session, not far from a
recent peak of $0.7015 struck on Nov. 4. |
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