# What's driving the Aussie Dollar? - Chris Watling | Livewire

> Longview Economics says the Aussie dollar's usual links to iron ore and interest-rate differentials have broken down, with the currency trading sideways while iron ore more than doubled. The author expects US rate normalisation to eventually pressure Chinese growth and iron ore prices.

- Date: 2017-03-23 · published 2017-03-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72253-what-s-driving-the-aussie-dollar-chris-watling-livewire
- Commodities: [Australian Dollar (USD per AUD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/AUDUSD.md)

## Why it matters

A breakdown in the usual currency drivers makes Australian export pricing harder to predict, and a future drop in iron ore would point to weaker commodity demand from China.

## Read by commodity

- AUDUSD: neutral

## Sources

- livewiremarkets.com: https://www.livewiremarkets.com/wires/what-s-driving-the-aussie-dollar

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