A surprise drop in unemployment has pushed the Australian dollar higher and away from parity with its US counterpart, for the time being.At 1700 AEST, the Australian dollar was trading at 101.18 US cents, up almost half a US cent from 100.77 cents yesterday.
10/05/2012 - 15:31
$A up on strong jobs data
10/05/2012 - 15:31
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