*gobsmacked*

[sarren]

Universal Currency Converter™ Results
Printed from the XE Universal Currency Converter at: www.xe.com/ucc



Live rates at 2008.05.08 13:54:05 UTC

100.00 USD = 106.155 AUD


United States Dollars
1 USD = 1.06155 AUD

Australia Dollars
1 AUD = 0.942015 USD

Comments

[creativemeans.livejournal.com]

Yeah!!!! It's time to regain our national pride!! :)

Also improving is the Australian dollar against the British pound. Yay!

[maharetr.livejournal.com]

Hee! Your tag made me laugh :)

Also, wow. I can remember when I was in primary school asking Dad about currency, why we used the US dollar as th benchmark, and what happens if the Australian dollar is stronger. Dad's response was something along the lines of: "The end times!" *watches the sky fall*

[caitlen.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, Amazon here we come.

[agoodliedown.livejournal.com]

*watches writing income melt away*

But at least my books are cheaper over here now.

[tienriu.livejournal.com]

I ran off to check too (cause Australian parity would be so incredible -!) but:

Live rates at 2008.05.08 16:14:05 UTC
1.00 AUD = 0.942819 USD

Australia Dollars
1 AUD = 0.942819 USD

United States Dollars
1 USD = 1.06065 AUD

I'm thinking I'm a little biased cause of what currency I'm earning in at the moment but as much as I want Australia to achieve parity (and beyond) witht eh US dollar, I sort of hope that it sinks to the pound cause my savings are dropping like a stone at the moment (I've lost $5k between December and January not from spending but because the British pound sank to the Australian dollar).

[victorian-tweed.livejournal.com]

*faints*

[sarren.livejournal.com]

I KNOW!!!

[kremmen.livejournal.com]

It was above 95c back on 23 April (http://business.smh.com.au/aussie-slips-from-24year-high/20080424-2898.html) and then went above 95c again two days ago. (http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/07/2237478.htm) It's now almost a cent down on that.