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When are the RBA Meeting Minutes, and how could they impact AUD/USD?
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When are the RBA Meeting Minutes, and how could they impact AUD/USD?
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RBA Meeting Minutes overview
The Meeting Minutes from the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) latest interest rate decision will be published early on Tuesday, at 00:30 GMT. The RBA held its cash rate at 3.6% at its latest rate call, staggering a series of rate cuts that began in February of this year.
The finer details of the RBA's internal discussions surrounding its latest interest rate decision could help traders make a more accurate guess of when the Australian central bank will shift rates again, and investors will be looking for signs of how confident (or apprehensive) the RBA is about the Australian economy.
How could the RBA Meeting Minutes impact AUD/USD?
The pace of the RBA's interest rate decisions directly affects global Australian Dollar (AUD) flows, and the policy convergence or divergence between the RBA and the Federal Reserve (Fed) is a foundational rate-setting tool for the Aussie's market value. If the RBA's internal dialogue is more hawkish or dovish compared to what investors have been expecting, it could see early shifts in the AUD as markets prepare for upcoming rate adjustments.
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RBA Meeting Minutes
The minutes of the Reserve Bank of Australia meetings are published two weeks after the interest rate decision. The minutes give a full account of the policy discussion, including differences of view. They also record the votes of the individual members of the Committee. Generally speaking, if the RBA is hawkish about the inflationary outlook for the economy, then the markets see a higher possibility of a rate increase, and that is positive for the AUD.
Read more.Next release: Tue Oct 14, 2025 00:30
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Source: Reserve Bank of Australia
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) publishes the minutes of its monetary policy meeting two weeks after the interest rate decision is announced. It provides a detailed record of the discussions held between the RBA's board members on monetary policy and economic conditions that influenced their decision on adjusting interest rates and/or bond buys, significantly impacting the AUD. The minutes also reveal considerations on international economic developments and the exchange rate value.
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The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) sets interest rates and manages monetary policy for Australia. Decisions are made by a board of governors at 11 meetings a year and ad hoc emergency meetings as required. The RBA's primary mandate is to maintain price stability, which means an inflation rate of 2-3%, but also "..to contribute to the stability of the currency, full employment, and the economic prosperity and welfare of the Australian people." Its main tool for achieving this is by raising or lowering interest rates. Relatively high interest rates will strengthen the Australian Dollar (AUD) and vice versa. Other RBA tools include quantitative easing and tightening.
While inflation had always traditionally been thought of as a negative factor for currencies since it lowers the value of money in general, the opposite has actually been the case in modern times with the relaxation of cross-border capital controls. Moderately higher inflation now tends to lead central banks to put up their interest rates, which in turn has the effect of attracting more capital inflows from global investors seeking a lucrative place to keep their money. This increases demand for the local currency, which in the case of Australia is the Aussie Dollar.
Macroeconomic data gauges the health of an economy and can have an impact on the value of its currency. Investors prefer to invest their capital in economies that are safe and growing rather than precarious and shrinking. Greater capital inflows increase the aggregate demand and value of the domestic currency. Classic indicators, such as GDP, Manufacturing and Services PMIs, employment, and consumer sentiment surveys can influence AUD. A strong economy may encourage the Reserve Bank of Australia to put up interest rates, also supporting AUD.
Quantitative Easing (QE) is a tool used in extreme situations when lowering interest rates is not enough to restore the flow of credit in the economy. QE is the process by which the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) prints Australian Dollars (AUD) for the purpose of buying assets - usually government or corporate bonds - from financial institutions, thereby providing them with much-needed liquidity. QE usually results in a weaker AUD.
Quantitative tightening (QT) is the reverse of QE. It is undertaken after QE when an economic recovery is underway and inflation starts rising. Whilst in QE the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) purchases government and corporate bonds from financial institutions to provide them with liquidity, in QT the RBA stops buying more assets, and stops reinvesting the principal maturing on the bonds it already holds. It would be positive (or bullish) for the Australian Dollar.
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