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The Australian dollar plunged to a ten-month low on Thursday night, trading at just 97.46 US cents on Friday morning. But despite the global economic uncertainty that caused this drop it’s not all bad news for Australia.

The Australian dollar has fallen below parity with the US dollar, reaching the lowest rate since December 2010, but economists say this is good news for most Australian industries.

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Friday, September 23 2011
Produced By Dominique Wiehahn and Tiffany Kaimatsoglu
Featured in storyDr Shane Oliver, Chief Economist at AMPHuw McKay, Senior International Economist at WestpacGraham Greenhalgh, Director of Sanger AustraliaMartin Lakos, Division Director at Macquarie Private Wealth
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