• AUD/USD drops to just under 0.6200 barrier, low 0.6195

• Veering back toward Bollinger downtrend channel 0.6192

• Thurs close below that support skews it lower near-term

• Drop follows Australia Nov retail sales missing forecast

• Bets on a RBA rate cut in Feb remain undeterred

• Chin negativity persists with soft inflation data
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(Ewen Chew is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own.)