As of 24th May, according to xe.com, these are the current rates for AU$1
- US$ - 0.8315 (way down)
- GB£ - 0.5774 (down)
- JP¥ - 75.23 (way down)
- EU€ - 0.6713 (way down)
- NZ$ - 1.233 (down)
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As of 24th May, according to xe.com, these are the current rates for AU$1
- US$ - 0.8315 (way down)
- GB£ - 0.5774 (down)
- JP¥ - 75.23 (way down)
- EU€ - 0.6713 (way down)
- NZ$ - 1.233 (down)
As of 6th June, according to xe.com, these are the current rates for AU$1
- US$ - 0.8237 (down)
- GB£ - 0.5699 (down)
- JP¥ - 75.56 (slightly up)
- EU€ - 0.6885 (up)
- NZ$ - 1.228 (down)
Talk about a rollercoaster ride for the AU$ - the other day it got up to US85c and I thought it was on its way back up, but then it's plunged again in the last day or two. Until they sort out the Mining Tax thing, our currency is going to be unstable as investors guess how its going to play out (which might go on until the next federal election).
The dollar's creeping back up to 86 now.
Please go higher... PLEASE!!
Went to a travellex exchange to get some small change US currency (for minor expenses), and not only did they make a 5c commission (the current rate is 86c, and they used 81c instead of just 2-3c that most places do, including paypal), but they also charged $9 commission fee.
Commission should be one or the other, not both.
BTW, it's good to see the rate has crept up to US$0.86 at the moment - just in time for botcon.
Travellex is a total ripoff. I learnt never to deal with them. Sorry to hear about your misfortunes Griffin. There are better places that don't charge commission, like the chinatown money changers. But if you're like me and live in the boondocks, the amex fx4you site isn't too bad, and they only charge a $4 service fee.
Anyway, the dollar's reached 87 now! Maybe back into the 90's by Botcon time?
I prefer to use AusPost for FX if I know that I'm heading overseas.
Their rates is the same as AMEX website and they don't charge any commission.
You do need wait 48hrs for the money though.
I only wanted a US$100 for any initial expenses before I find an ATM in America. The currency exchange I do most will be ATM withdrawals (so will be NAB's fees), as people will be depositing money into that account for me to use (and means I don't have as much money travelling with me in person, to lose).
Fingers crossed for an extra few cents improvement in the next few days.
As of 9th July (7am) - according to xe.com, these are the current rates for AU$1
- US$ - 0.87726 (▲)
- GB£ - 0.57854 (▲)
- JP¥ - 77.5660 (▲)
- EU€ - 0.69097 (▲)
- NZ$ - 1.23659 (▲)
Which is just in time for seacons orders - its been steadily creeping up all week.
As of 23rd July, according to xe.com, these are the current rates for AU$1
- US$ - 0.8933 (way up)
- GB£ - 0.5802 (up)
- JP¥ - 77.81 (slightly up)
- EU€ - 0.6907 (same)
- NZ$ - 1.2324 (slightly down)
Good news for those buying toys from US$ sources. Yen sources are still a bit sluggish.
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)
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
Just read this on The Age website:
Quote:
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
is that related to the Labor party winning?
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)
Nice on the yen. Might be time to do some preorders soon.
I heard the news today saying we had cracked the 95-cent mark; parity doesnt seem too far away now.
Time to buy up things from the US then :D
IMO, I don't think we will be on par with them, it will more than likely drop steeply again.
AU$ currently trading at US$95.97
Looking good atm.
0.9879!!!!!!! :eek::D
quote:
Some currency experts believe it could pass $US1 within days.
http://www.news.com.au/business/aust...#ixzz11elyL6DI
wish this made the fuel prices go down :(
Could the Aussie Dollar go higher than the US Dollar?!? :eek:
Almost did today. Got within $0.00097 of parity.
But as of now, 15th October - according to xe.com, these are the current rates for AU$1
- US$ - 0.9940 (way up)
- GB£ - 0.6220 (up)
- JP¥ - 81.051 (slightly up)
- EU€ - 0.7065 (down)
- NZ$ - 1.3105 (way up)
Against the major currencies, only the Euro is strengthening faster than the AU$, which isn't a currency used much by people here anyway.
Rate at COB today was 0.9934
What annoys me is that the Paypal conversion rate actually dropped a whole cent over the weekend despite gains on the AUD on Thursday, Friday and Saturday (US trading). Which begs me to question how the heck they define their conversion rate? Do they take the spot value in the middle of US currency trading hours?
Hopefully it updates to something more reasonable tonight. :mad:
Financial gurus are saying the outlook for the dollar is going to stay in the US$0.90's for next year.
Wait for tomorrow's inflation figures... The exchange rate could go a few cents in either direction depending on what the figure is.
(if inflation is high, we are tipped to have a rate rise next week, and the exchange rate is likely to go up in anticipation)
woo hoo over parity!!!
now if only I had money to spare on the credit card :rolleyes:
As of 8th November, according to xe.com, these are the current rates for AU$1
- US$ - 1.0108 (up)
- GB£ - 0.6267 (slightly up)
- JP¥ - 82.183 (up)
- EU€ - 0.7231 (up)
- NZ$ - 1.2811 (down)
$1 AUD = $1.0174 USD at time of posting.
It peaked at $1.0198 earlier but has since come back... the great news is that Paypal's current exchange rate is $1 AUD = 0.990712 USD, time to get all those pre-orders in I think :p
Go the New Zealand Dollar vs the Australian!
$1NZ now equals 74 Australian Cents!
Back in September it was 77 Australian cents
Back in August 2008 it was around the 90-95 cent range as well as in 2006
$1NZ will also purchase you 76 American Cents.
This has effectlly KILLED any transactions I have with Australia now. Things over in Australia generallly cost the same as they do in New Zealand, but due to the exchange rate its a massive 25% cost increase.
America is cheaper and has the better exchange rate.
Someone needs to step in and do something fast .. the gap between the two countries is growing too fast.
Well, since the last posting 8 weeks ago, the AU$ dropped to US$0.955 and then back up again to look like it hasn't even moved since that last posting.
As of 30th December, according to xe.com, these are the current rates for AU$1
- US$ - 1.0166 (slightly up from the last posting, but way up from just a couple weeks ago)
- GB£ - 0.6590 (way up)
- JP¥ - 82.807 (slightly up)
- EU€ - 0.7669 (way up)
- NZ$ - 1.3186 (way up)
Just browsing ebay.au and was getting really confused with the US listings, as the AU$ converted prices were less than the US$ prices. I've never seen that before... and it makes me want to spend. :p
Now we just need the exchange rate to climb about half a cent more for parity with Paypal (like with any other money transfer service, they are a couple cents off the median exchange rate).