Australian dollar rocked by French fallout

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DXY is back:

AUD sagged but is breaking out versus EUR:

North Asia no help

Commodities all breaking:

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Miners soft:

EM hanging in:

As junk bounces:

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Will yields break down this time?

Stocks keep on keeping but not in Europe:

Europe is suddenly on the nose, most notably France, as EU elections reverberate through markets. Fear is up:

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French yields spreads too:

Stocks whoa:

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Just as the economy comes good!

LePen’s RN is surging in the polls. Black swan, anyone?

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It’s hard to see AUD doing anything but fall if the European project comes under fundamental question.

About the author
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific's leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.
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