The dollar's fall Thursday at its fastest pace since the market carnage of late 2008 pushed the currency to a more-than-eight-month low against its US counterpart, spurring talk the central bank may yet step in if the slide continues.
At its lowest, the Aussie was down more than 2.5% against the US dollar and is now down 11% since May 3. During its fall, it touched its lowest level since September 2009 at US$0.8256, down from a recent high in mid-April of US$0.9382. By late in the trading day it was at US$0.8355.