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Australia Current Account

Latest Release

Mar 05, 2024

Actual

11.8B

Forecast

4.9B

1.3B

The Current Account index measures the difference in value between exported and imported goods, services and interest payments during the reported month. The goods portion is the same as the monthly Trade Balance figure. Because foreigners must buy the domestic currency to pay for the nation's exports the data can have a sizable affect on the AUD.

A higher than expected reading should be taken as positive/bullish for the AUD, while a lower than expected reading should be taken as negative/bearish for the AUD.

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Currency: AUD

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistic...

Release Date	Time	Actual	Forecast	Previous
Mar 05, 2024 (Q4)	10:30	11.8B	4.9B	1.3B
Dec 05, 2023 (Q3)	10:30	-0.2B	3.1B	7.8B
Sep 05, 2023 (Q2)	11:30	7.7B	8.0B	12.5B
Jun 06, 2023 (Q1)	11:30	12.3B	15.0B	11.7B
Feb 28, 2023 (Q4)	10:30	14.1B	6.5B	-2.3B
Dec 06, 2022 (Q3)	10:30	-2.3B	10.5B	14.7B

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Analysis

The Overnight Report: Not With A Bang By Greg Peel - Mar 01, 2023

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31.05.22 Macro Afternoon By Chris Becker - May 31, 2022

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