Australian dollar falls quarter of a cent after soft jobs report

Thu, 16 Jan - 10:55am

SYDNEY, Jan 16 (Reuters) - The Australian dollar AUD=D4 fell a quarter of a U.S. cent on Thursday after a weak jobs report raised market expectations of another cut in interest rates.

The Aussie skidded to $0.8815, its lowest since August 2010.

(Reporting by Cecile Lefort; Editing by Paul Tait)

((Cecile.Lefort@thomsonreuters.com)(+61 2 9373-1234)(Reuters Messaging: cecile.lefort.thomsonreuters@reuters.net))

Keywords: MARKETS AUSTRALIA/FOREX

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JP NZ AU MKTREP FRX EMRG ASIA DBT LEN RTRS INT CEN MCE MMT CN

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