The Australian dollar has surged through 108 US cents on its sustained push into record territory.
Following the five-day Easter and Anzac Day weekend, the local unit was trading at 108.16 US cents at 9.45am (AEST), up from Thursday?s local close of 107.57 cents, but traded as high as 108.52 US cents after headline inflation figures for the March quarter came in at their highest since the June quarter of 2006.
The currency later eased back to close at 108.19-21 US cents at the local close. It was also buying 88.5 yen, 73.8 euro cents and 65.7 pence.
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and on that note, for the things we do charge out ourselves, we have switched today from USD to AUD.