RBA’s Bullock: Too early for us to determine what the path will be for interest rates
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Michele Bullock spoke at the Chief Executive Women 40th Anniversary Melbourne Annual Dinner, on Thursday.
Key quotes
- Tariff unpredictability means need patience to assess how this could affect demand and supply.
- Too early for us to determine what the path will be for interest rates.
- Focus remains on our dual mandate for price stability and full employment.
- Will be period of uncertainty, adjustment as countries respond to US tariffs.
- Not currently seeing the same degree of impact as previous market events like in 2008
- Australian financial system is strong, well placed to absorb shocks from abroad
- Key focus is how all this uncertainty affects decisions of Australian households, businesses
- Closely monitoring financial market conditions, in touch with other central banks
- Watching exchange rate, response of our trading partners, counter-responses from the US.
Market reaction
AUD/USD is clinging to recovery gains at around 0.6185 following these comments, adding 0.55% on the day.
Australian Dollar PRICE Today
The table below shows the percentage change of Australian Dollar (AUD) against listed major currencies today. Australian Dollar was the strongest against the US Dollar.
| USD | EUR | GBP | JPY | CAD | AUD | NZD | CHF | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | -1.06% | -0.29% | -1.27% | -0.09% | -0.49% | -0.81% | -1.70% | |
| EUR | 1.06% | 0.53% | -0.23% | 0.95% | 0.54% | 0.20% | -0.69% | |
| GBP | 0.29% | -0.53% | -0.75% | 0.41% | -0.01% | -0.34% | -1.34% | |
| JPY | 1.27% | 0.23% | 0.75% | 1.19% | 0.77% | 0.40% | -0.34% | |
| CAD | 0.09% | -0.95% | -0.41% | -1.19% | -0.41% | -0.73% | -1.73% | |
| AUD | 0.49% | -0.54% | 0.00% | -0.77% | 0.41% | -0.32% | -1.33% | |
| NZD | 0.81% | -0.20% | 0.34% | -0.40% | 0.73% | 0.32% | -0.99% | |
| CHF | 1.70% | 0.69% | 1.34% | 0.34% | 1.73% | 1.33% | 0.99% |
The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the Australian Dollar from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the US Dollar, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent AUD (base)/USD (quote).
Author
Dhwani Mehta
FXStreet
Residing in Mumbai (India), Dhwani is a Senior Analyst and Manager of the Asian session at FXStreet. She has over 10 years of experience in analyzing and covering the global financial markets, with specialization in Forex and commodities markets.
