The Australian dollar continues to have a quiet week. AUD/USD is trading at 0.6671 in the European session, up 0.17% today at the time of writing. With the Australian economy sputtering, it should come as no surprise that today’s confidence indicators pointed downward. Westpac consumer confidence change declined 0.5% m/m in September, falling from 85.0 […]
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