AUD/USD HOLDS LOWER GROUND BELOW 0.6350 AFTER DISMAL AUSTRALIAN DATA

AUD/USD HOLDS LOWER GROUND BELOW 0.6350 AFTER DISMAL AUSTRALIAN DATA
AUD/USD HOLDS LOWER GROUND BELOW 0.6350 AFTER DISMAL AUSTRALIAN DATA

AUD/USD remains weak, staying below 0.6350 during Asian trading on Wednesday.

This is due to poor Australian economic data: lower-than-expected Construction Output and monthly CPI.

The bad data increases expectations that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) may cut rates.

Risk-off sentiment is also putting pressure on the Australian dollar.

Despite this, the US dollar is relatively stable.

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