AUD/CAD Exchange rate

AUD/USD is grinding higher above 0.6600 in Monday's Asian trading. The pair cheers an upbeat market mood and a hawkish RBA monetary policy outlook for 2026. The PBOC's no rate change decision seems to have little impact on the pair as a holiday-shortened week kicks in. 

USD/JPY loses ground to near 157.50 in the Asian session on Monday. The Japanese Yen recovers the BoJ's expected rate hike decision-led losses amid a minor US Dollar uptick and a risk-on market mood. 

Gold is rising back above $4,350 early Monday, helped by renewed geopolitical tensions. Israel-Iran conflict and US-Venezuela headlines drive investors toward the traditional store of value, Gold. 

The festive period officially starts next week, with many traders vacating their desks until the first full week of January, making way for thin trading volumes and very few top-tier releases.

One month of softer inflation data is rarely enough to shift Federal Reserve policy on its own, but in a market highly sensitive to every data point, even a single reading can reshape expectations. November’s inflation report offered a welcome sign of cooling price pressures.