$A gets boost from Chinese data The Australian dollar has bounced after the release of Chinese manufacturing data that came in slightly better than some traders had expected. At 1200 AEST on Monday, the local unit was trading at 91.70 US cents, down from 92.62 cents on Friday. Earlier on Monday the Australian dollar had reached 91.11 US cents, after a US central bank board member said quantitative easing could be tapered from September. Easy Forex currency dealer Tony Darvall said the local currency bounced after China's official purchasing managers' index (PMI) for June came in slightly better than expected. The data from China is the first influential piece of news in a busy week, Mr Darvall said. The Reserve Bank of Australia makes its monthly cash rate decision on Tuesday and US jobless figures are released on Friday. "The RBA is very important for the Aussie dollar because it sets the interest rate expectations," Mr Darvall said. They're not expected to change the cash rate tomorrow but if they leave the door wide open for a cut in August, then that could be the impetus for the market to go down. Investors would also be keenly waiting on the US jobless data because talk of the US central bank tapering its stimulus program was closely linked to unemployment, Mr Darvall said. "If the US jobless rate is better-than-expected, you will start to see a lot of taper talk and that will make the US dollar dramatically stronger," he said. Meanwhile, Australian bond futures prices were lower at noon. The September 10-year bond futures contract was trading at 96.165 (implying a yield of 3.835 per cent), down from 96.225 (3.775 per cent) on Friday. The September three-year bond futures contract was at 97.180 (2.820 per cent), down from 97.220 (2.780 per cent).