The Australian Dollar (AUD) strengthens against the US Dollar (USD) on Tuesday after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) delivered a hawkish hold at its June policy meeting. At the time of writing, AUD/USD trades around 0.7070 after bouncing from an intraday low of 0.7042.
MUFG’s Lee Hardman notes the Japanese Yen is little changed after the BoJ’s widely anticipated 0.25% rate hike to 1.00%, with USD/JPY still trading just above 160.00. The BoJ also decided to pause its QE taper from FY2027, while continuing gradual JGB purchase reductions until then.
The EUR/USD pair trades marginally lower at around 1.1580 during the European trading session on Tuesday. The major currency pair drops as the US Dollar (USD) rises, with investors awaiting the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) monetary policy announcement on Wednesday.