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Australian Dollar outperforms as hot CPI data lifts hawkish RBA expectations

FXStreet28 October 2026, 08:53 UTCAustralia

The Australian Dollar (AUD) trades sharply higher against its major currency peers on Wednesday. Against the US Dollar (USD), the antipodean is up 0.15% to near 0.7035 even after giving back some of its early losses.

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