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The Australian dollar’s exchange rate is affected by things like commodity prices, relative interest rates and relative inflation.

The Aussie dollar has hit a five-year low. Here’s what it means for you

Why is the Australian dollar weakening, what does it mean for inflation, and how does it affect the government as it heads towards an election?

  • Millie Muroi

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Donald Trump is driving interest rates up around the globe

Fears that the president-elect’s “America First” agenda will rekindle inflation and unleash economic damage have rattled bond markets and driven the US dollar sharply higher.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Turkey is a good option for travel for Australians in 2025.

The best-value destinations for Australians, despite the weak dollar

In eight of Australia’s 10 most popular destinations, our dollar buys less local currency than it did a year ago.

  • Michael Gebicki
Our exchange rates are almost always changing – at least on weekdays when the foreign exchange market is open 24 hours a day.

The Aussie dollar took a plunge. Here’s what’s in it for you

Our dollar dropped to a two-year low as we rang in the new year, but it’s not all bad news.

  • Millie Muroi
The New York Stock Exchange finished the end of year on a sober note, sending ASX futures lower.

ASX starts 2025 with a bang, defying a Wall Street hangover

Miners and energy stocks pushed the Australian sharemarket into the green in the first trading day of the year even after Wall Street ended the year on a sombre note. 

  • Daniel Lo Surdo and Miriam Steffens
Jerome Powell

Trump set to put an old foe in an uncomfortable position

Donald Trump’s controversial policies set him up for an inevitable clash with old sparring partner Jerome Powell.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
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Donald Trump wants the world to bow down to the US dollar.

‘Go find another sucker’: Trump threatens Xi, Putin and co

Donald Trump has found a new way to deploy his favourite weapon.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Hedge fund investor Scott Bessent, Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary pick, made a late conversion to MAGA ideology.

The billionaire Wall Street is trusting to keep Trump on a tight leash

Wall Street has cheered the appointment of Scott Bessent, backing him to rein in Trump’s craziest ideas. That’s a big ask.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Donald Trump said during his campaign he wanted to make the United States “the crypto capital of the planet”.

Buoyed by Trump win, US pro-crypto lobby group opens Australian outpost

‘Stand With Crypto’, a lobby group backed by cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, is hoping to capitalise on a wave of momentum from Donald Trump’s decisive US election win.

  • David Swan
Donald Trump’s ultra-loose fiscal policy has put a rocket under the US dollar.

Rampant US dollar sends a threatening message to the rest of the world

The greenback has surged against currencies of America’s major trading partners since the election, sounding a warning for the global economy.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz

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