Currency rates (added every week or two).

[griffin]

As of 10th August, according to xe.com, these are the current rates for AU$1

- US$ - 0.9130 (way up)
- GB£ - 0.5765 (down)
- JP¥ - 78.34 (slightly up)
- EU€ - 0.6924 (same)
- NZ$ - 1.2576 (way up)

[Saintly]

As of 19th August, according to xe.com, these are the current rates for AU$1

- US$ - 0.9004 (slightly down)
- GB£ - 0.5759 (slightly down)
- JP¥ - 77.03 (slightly down)
- EU€ - 0.7107 (slightly up)
- NZ$ - 1.2647 (slightly up)

was checking the rates to pay my orders

[Paulbot]

Just read this on The Age website:

The dollar touched a peak of 94.57 US cents, climbing almost a full US cent in the minutes after midnight, Australian east-coast time.... It has come back a little in recent offshore trade but continues to trade in the high 93-US-cent range. It was also trading at 72.32 euro cents, just off a record high achieved in recent sessions. Source: The Age article

[jazzcomp]

is that related to the Labor party winning?

[Paulbot]

is that related to the Labor party winning?

I think it's more likely to do with Oprah coming to Australia.

[griffin]

It's mostly due to the growing economies of asia, which pours a lot of money into our economy - buying our resources.

As of 16th September, according to xe.com, these are the current rates for AU$1

- US$ - 0.9393 (way up)
- GB£ - 0.6020 (way up)
- JP¥ - 80.399 (way up)
- EU€ - 0.7212 (slightly up)
- NZ$ - 1.2790 (slightly up)

Compare that to 15 months ago (May 2009)...
- US$ - 0.7528 (up 24.8%)
- GB£ - 0.4979 (up 20.9%)
- JP¥ - 75.18 (up 6.9%)
- EU€ - 0.5666 (up 27.3%)
- NZ$ - 1.28 (virtually unchanged)

[MV75]

Nice on the yen. Might be time to do some preorders soon.

[snaketales]

I heard the news today saying we had cracked the 95-cent mark; parity doesnt seem too far away now.

[1AZRAEL1]

Time to buy up things from the US then

IMO, I don't think we will be on par with them, it will more than likely drop steeply again.

[5FDP]

Time to buy up things from the US then

Exactly what I was thinking