The more general forces that have influenced the exchange rate over the past year or so have been the relative strength of the Australian economy, the associated yield differential in favour of
Australian dollar assets, and the continued improvement in Australia's terms of trade, which are now at their highest level in more than 25 years.
(a) Share of total
Australian dollar assets (per cent), subcomponents are the share of liquid assets (b) While deposits with other banks are a store of liquidity, they do not contribute to the stock of liquidity held by the banking system as a whole, since the recipient banks will, in turn, need to hold additional liquidity against these deposits; consequently, they are excluded from this table (c) Includes Commonwealth Government Securities and securities issued by the states and territories (d) Includes notes and coins, Australian dollar debt issued by non-residents and securitised assets (excluding self - securitised assets)
Not exact matches
Financial markets have reacted positively to Xi's conciliatory speech, bidding up riskier
assets such as stocks and commodity currencies like the
Australian dollar.
Unless these firms» net foreign currency liabilities are hedged, a depreciation of the
Australian dollar could result in a deterioration of their balance sheet positions — by increasing the
Australian dollar value of their liabilities relative to their
assets.
Net foreign equity liabilities also increased in the quarter, as the appreciation of the
Australian dollar lowered the
Australian -
dollar value of foreign equity
assets (Graph 40).
One factor supporting the
Australian dollar over the past couple of years has been that interest rates right across the yield curve in Australia, and perceived returns on other
assets, have been higher than those in a number of other countries, particularly those which experienced a recession and a collapse of share prices in the early part of this decade.
An additional factor which has, at the margin, increased the demand for
Australian -
dollar assets is demand from other central banks to hold
Australian dollars as part of their international reserves.
Historically, it has been normal for such periods to be associated with firming commodity prices and, as a result, a tendency for international capital markets to find
Australian -
dollar assets attractive.
«The
Australian dollar has come down, there's more activity in rural
assets in general, and overseas wine buying markets are kicking some goals.
A prominent
Australian fund manager with billions of
dollars in
assets under management this week reminded Chanticleer of the dangers in backing hero chief executives who deliver stunning returns.
Provides estimates of expected returns for more than 130
assets and model portfolios across five currencies: US
dollar, euro, British pound, Japanese yen and
Australian dollar.
If the ETF tracks overseas
assets, changes in the value of the
Australian dollar may also affect the value of your investment.
Or put differently, this
Australian investor could purchase the same
asset for 30 % less than a U.S investor using American
dollars.