Australian Dollar strengthens as RBA maintains hawkish stance

AUD/USD rises 0.20% on Friday to trade around 0.7125 at the time of writing. The Australian Dollar (AUD) benefits from hawkish comments by Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) officials, who keep the door open to further monetary tightening to bring inflation sustainably back toward the target.

Gold impact rationale

A stronger U.S. dollar typically pressures dollar-denominated gold.

• Source: FXStreet news
• 2026-09-18
• dollar

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