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Australian dollar/US dollar analysis and forecasts: 20th August 2011
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Market analysis
Confidence in the global economy is liable to deteriorate further in the short term which will expose the Australian dollar to fresh selling pressure, especially as domestic concerns are also liable to increase
Risk factors:
A renewed drop in commodity prices would hurt the currency.
Further Chinese monetary tightening would unsettle the Australian currency.
Forecasts:
| Currency | Spot (20-08) | 1-month forecast | 3-month forecast | 6-month forecast |
| AUD/US$ | 1.0410 | 1.0220 | 0.9750 | 0.9000 |
For Sterling/Australia forecasts, please see Sterling cross rates