AUD Suffers Decline as Bushfires Rage On
Australia is dealing with one of its biggest natural disasters in years. Added on top of this, the currency is suffering as investors worry that the RBA’s hand is being forced into making an interest rate cut in February. The cuts were on the table but with the ongoing fires and the hit to Australian economic growth as a result, the bank may have no other choice than to lower the rates to boost growth in the aftermath of the disaster – whenever that may be. The GBP/AUD exchange rate jumped 0.80% to reach 18984 at the start of the week, with further gains made during yesterday’s trading session taking the GBP/AUD rate above 1.90.
The market had not priced an interest rate cut this early into 2020, previous rumours suggested a cut may happen but that it would occur well into 2020, rather than February. As a result, the bringing forward of the rate cut would lead to weakness in the AUD. As markets scramble to prepare


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