$A moves slightly lower. September 13, 2013 - 5:21PM The Australian dollar is trading slightly lower, as traders look ahead to a key meeting of the US Federal Reserve next week. At 1700 AEST on Friday, the currency was trading at 92.37 US cents, down from 92.43 cents on Thursday. The currency fell sharply on Thursday after official figures showed Australia's unemployment rate rose to 5.8 per cent in August. ForexCT head of research Steven Dooley said the currency recovered some ground earlier on Friday but had since moved lower. "It was a bit of a dead cat bounce," he said. At 1700 AEST, the Australian dollar was at 92.15 Japanese yen, down from Thursday's close of 91.94 yen, and at 69.56 euro cents, up from 69.46 euro cents. Mr Dooley said the market was focused on next week's meeting of the US Federal Reserve, which many expect will see the central bank begin to taper its bond-buying program. "Really the market is just in wait and see mode, with a gentle downward bias," he said. But really its all about the Federal Reserve next week. Australian bond futures prices spent the local session trading lower following a similar move in US Treasuries overnight. At 1630 AEST on Friday, the September 10-year bond futures contract was trading at 95.905 (implying a yield of 4.095 per cent), down from 95.965 (4.035 per cent) on Thursday. The September three-year bond futures contract was at 97.025 (2.975 per cent), down from 97.070 (2.930 per cent).