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Australian Retail Sales Surprises Market; AUD Bullish

The Australian dollar (AUD) was seen making leaps and bounds yesterday, as market reports showed modest growth across the boards. Despite recent reports on Australia's shrinking housing sector, yesterday's publication of Australian retail sales showed a broadening expansion striking several sectors of Australia's economy.

Expectations for the retail sales report was for a modest growth of 0.3% from last month's contraction of 0.1%. The actual figure of 0.5% growth has led many investors to push back into the Australian dollar (AUD) in recent trading. National data on housing and employment has somewhat halted this ascent as many investors hesitate to move into the once-burgeoning AUD. This data, combined with dismal HPI and building approvals reports, has so far caused the Aussie to still see gains, albeit weakly.

Current Time: 05/27 00:24 GMT

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