RBA shifts view on AUD, game changer?

FXStreet (Bali) - Robert Rennie, head of currency research at Westpac Banking Corp, notes that the comment by the RBA "the Australian dollar is adjusting to the significant declines in key commodity prices" from "further depreciation seems both likely and necessary", is, in his view, "a big shift", which "adds to idea of range trade", Rennie said.

RBA keeps rates unchanged at 2%, no explicit dovish bias

As widely expected, the RBA has decided to keep its interest rate unchanged at 2%, with the policy statement continuing to be interpreted as not offering an explicit dovish bias but to remain data-dependent.
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AUD/USD spikes to 0.7340 as RBA keeps rates steady, talks up currency

AUD/USD extended gains and swung back higher above 0.73 handle in mid-Asia, after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept its monetary policy settings unchanged with the cash rate steady at 2%. The Aussie jolted higher as the RBA policy statement was not read dovish by markets with the central sounding upbeat on the economic outlook.
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