澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-07-26（打印版）

The Australian dollar has dropped to a six-year low in response to weak Chinese manufacturing data. The manufacturing survey showed activity in China crumbled to a 15-month low. The Australian dollar is sensitive to news out of China because (of) its key export market. It is buying 72.9 US cents. “The RBA spent past few years really looking for a weaker Aussie dollar to help exports particularly as some Australian top exports, such as tourism and education, which are very price sensitive, so that will be looking for that to come through on exports side soon, but it’s been a little mixed. There are some places if you are looking for a holiday. There are still places where the Aussie dollar’s fairly strong. Perhaps Japan, the Japanese Yen is still somewhat weak and the euro may well decline as well, and are also the key. And there are some offshores.”

The Australian share market has recorded its third straight day of losses. The All Ords lost 0.4% by the close. The ASX Index was down the same amount. It’s a mixed session across the region with the Shanghai Composite Index pointing up on their losses in Hong Kong and Japan. Spot Gold dropped dramatically on the weakness in the Chinese factory data. Crude Oil in the US is below 50 US dollars a barrel. The Commonwealth Bank has followed ANZ in raising its mortgage rates for property investors by 27 basis points. That will bring the Commonwealth Bank stand variable rates for invested home loans to 5.72%.

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2015-07-26（在线收听）