"The Australian dollar surged past 93 US cents for the first time since 1984, soon after the US Federal Reserve cut interest rates overnight.
The domestic currency shot up to a 23-year high of 93.37 US cents at 5.55am after the US central bank's interest rate setting arm, the Federal Open Market Committee, announced a quarter of a percentage point cut to the its federal funds rate, to 4.5 per cent.
This is the Australian dollar's strongest level since April 4, 1984, when it closed at 93.93 US cents, data from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) shows." from SMH
Oh well i have done it now..........
