Aussie falls 1 percent vs greenback on profit-taking

By Reuters

May 15, 2015 10:03 AM EDT

An employee of GSA Austria ( Money Service Austria ) holds a wad of new 100 euro banknotes at the company's headquarters in Vienna July 22, 2013
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The Australian dollar fell 1 percent against the greenback in early U.S. trading on Friday as profit-taking accelerated on this week's gains spurred by signs of slowing in U.S. economic growth.

The Aussie was last at $0.8001 AUD=D4 after hitting a near four-month high of $0.8164 on Thursday.

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