By deciding not to cut interest rates today from the current level of 2.25%, the Reserve Bank of Australia missed an opportunity to achieve the further weakening in the Australian dollar that it so badly craves. That said, if we are right in thinking that a 0.25% reduction in May will be followed by two more cuts to 1.5% by December, the Australian dollar may yet weaken to US$0.70.
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