The Australian dollar has fallen from 68.8 US cents on June 15 to 64 US cents this week.

That's a drop of roughly 7 per cent — a significant drop for any currency, but especially the Australian dollar.

The benchmark stock exchange index has also fallen 6 per cent from its all-time high.

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