Australian Money Crumbles, RBA Hints February Easing

The Australian money collapses in forex trading yesterday following the alarming tone of the RBA on its meeting minutes. The Reserve Bank of Australia released its official minutes earlier this week, Monday, which worried investors about the country’s economy.

In its latest monetary policy meeting this month, the reserve bank spared AUD traders and opted not to ease rates. Just recently, the bank held onto its official cash rate at 0.75%

However, the recently released minutes showed that the bank still has more space to cut its rate.

This raised speculations on whether the RBA will ease its monetary policy as early as February next year.

According to the bank, it still has room to slash rates deeper if deemed necessary. It took almost a day for the Australian money to sink in trading sessions following the release.

But before the meeting’s minutes were released, the Australian money was basking in the risk appetite it gained from trade agreement reports.

The RBA’s minutes also suggest that the reserve bank is pessimistic about the chances of boosting wages and household consumption.

How Far It Fell?

The Australian money contract collapsed by 0.54% or 0.0037 points yesterday. It also caused a domino effect on the New Zealand dollar whose contract also fell by 0.48% or 0.0032 points in Tuesday’s trading sessions.

Meanwhile, the AUD NZD exchange rate dipped 0.16% or 0.0016 points in yesterday’s trading. The Australian money extended its loss against the kiwi from NZ$1.0439 to as low as NZ$1.0399 in sessions.

The AUD USD plunged 0.61% or 0.0042 points and the pair reached ranges from $0.6839 to $0.6886. The EUR AUD pair surged 0.74% or 0.0120 points yesterday, extending its gains from AU$1.6184 to AU$1.6315.

Despite losses against the greenback and single currency, the Australian money gained against the pound sterling thanks to Brexit woes. The GBP AUD trading pair slipped lower by 0.70% or 0.0135 points in sessions.