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Monday, May 14, 2012

What happened to Aussie after RBA meeting but b/f 230pm release (chart)?

You can see the fairly monotonic move downwards in the AUD/USD that starts almost precisely at 12.30pm on 1 May from around 1.0422 to around 1.039ish. I am not saying this was insider driven. But given the Board meeting officially closes at 12.30pm, and the RBA announced a 'surprise' 50 basis point cut at 2.30pm, it is interesting. To be clear, the null that this is noise would probably be hard to refute...Although I don't recall any other data coming out at this time, so it was odd and noted in the markets. One argument is that it was just traders positioning for a surprise cut. But then that begs the question: why does all the price action seem to start at 12.30pm?


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