Australian dollar news this week: what moves the Aussie dollar
Australian dollar news for 9 to 13 November 2026: the Reserve Bank of Australia's cash rate is 4.85%, its next decision is on Tuesday 8 December and this week's calendar has no high-impact events for the AUD.
The Australian dollar is set against the rest by one bank, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), and by the things that bank has to react to. Here is the rate it has set, what it is aiming at, the releases that move this currency and what is on the calendar this week.
By Mike, founder of MacroSetup. Page updated . Rate and calendar as the research last recorded them, 8 November 2026, 22:36 Amsterdam time.
Australian dollar news this week in short
- Central bank
- Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)
- Policy rate
- 4.85%
- What the bank targets
- Inflation between 2 and 3%, and full employment
The three things that move it
- 1Risk appetite. The Australian dollar is the most cyclical of the eight and falls hardest when markets turn.
- 2China: its demand for iron ore and its growth numbers arrive as Australian news.
- 3The Reserve Bank of Australia, which targets a range rather than a single number and watches the labour market closely.
Tied to risk appetite and commodities, and to demand from China.
On the calendar this week
Nothing of the highest impact for the AUD this week. On weeks like that the currency drifts on the rate gap and the risk mood instead.
Times in Amsterdam. The whole week for all eight is on the calendar page.
Every release that moves the Australian dollar
What each one is, when it comes out, which line the market reads first, and what the AUD did on the last release days.
- RBA rate decisionHigh impactWhen the Reserve Bank of Australia decides, what the statement and the press conference add, and why the Aussie often moves on the words rather than the rate.
- Australia CPIHigh impactAustralia CPI has been a full monthly report since late 2025. What it measures, why the RBA reads the trimmed mean first, and what time it lands in Amsterdam.
- Australia jobs reportHigh impactThe Australia jobs report in plain words: what the ABS counts, why the unemployment rate often matters more than new jobs, and what time it lands in Amsterdam.
- Australia GDPAustralia GDP comes two months after the quarter, so why does the Aussie still react? What is in the national accounts, which lines count, and when they land.
- Australia household spendingAustralian retail sales ended in 2025 and household spending took over. What the new indicator covers, where its data come from and how the Aussie reads it.
- Australia trade balanceWhat the Australia trade balance measures, why it says so much about China and commodity prices, when it lands in Amsterdam and why the Aussie often shrugs.
- Australia PMIThe Australia PMI comes weeks before official data. How S&P Global builds it, what 50 means, why the flash matters most, and what time it lands in Amsterdam.
- Australia building approvalsAustralia building approvals swing hard from month to month. What the ABS counts, why apartments make it noisy, when it lands in Amsterdam, and when it matters.
- Westpac consumer confidenceWestpac consumer confidence in plain words: who is asked, what a reading under 100 means, which side indexes matter and why the Aussie rarely moves much on it.
Sources
The rate, the target and the meeting dates come from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) itself: Reserve Bank of Australia; Reserve Bank of Australia, Monetary Policy Board meeting schedules; Reserve Bank of Australia, Statement on Monetary Policy. The rate is the one the research last recorded from the bank.
The releases above are published by Australian Bureau of Statistics, S&P Global and Westpac and the Melbourne Institute. Each release page names its own sources.
The other seven
A currency is only strong or weak against another one, so the page next door matters as much as this one.
- USD US dollar
- EUR Euro
- JPY Japanese yen
- GBP British pound
- CHF Swiss franc
- NZD New Zealand dollar
- CAD Canadian dollar
What the rate gap between two of them pays is on the rate differentials page, and how a pair is scored from two currencies is on the fundamental bias page.
Questions about the Australian dollar
What moves the Australian dollar?
What the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) does and is expected to do, the releases that bank steers by, the mood of the wider market, and anything political big enough to be priced. A currency only moves against another one, so the same questions apply to the other side of the pair.
Which central bank sets the AUD rate, and what is it aiming at?
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). It aims at inflation between 2 and 3%, and at full employment. A release matters most when it speaks to that goal.
Where can I see the current AUD policy rate?
4.85%, as the research last recorded it. You will find it in the "In short" table of this page, next to the date of the next scheduled meeting, and beside the other seven rates on our rate differentials page. Both follow the research, so a decision shows up on the day it is made. All eight rates
Do you publish a AUD forecast?
No. We publish a reading of now: how the currency scores against the other seven today and why, rewritten when the news changes. Nobody here will tell you where a currency will be next month. How past calls turned out