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Western Union notes in a report on Tuesday: The Aussie dollar's fall below $0.7700 today took it to its weakest since May 2009. Signs of waning economic momentum at home and in China weighed anew on the Aussie. Business …

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Western Union notes in a report on Tuesday:

  • The Aussie dollar's fall below $0.7700 today took it to its weakest since May 2009. Signs of waning economic momentum at home and in China weighed anew on the Aussie. 

  • Business optimism in Australia deteriorated to a reading of zero in February, the lowest in more than a year, while wholesale inflation in China fell nearly 5 percent in February, fanning worries of a deflationary spiral in prices that could potentially further choke off growth in the world's No. 2 economy. 

  • From an RBA policy perspective, it keeps the door unlocked to further rate cuts, an outlook that contrasts expectations for the Fed to boost rates.

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