RBA Interest Rate Decision, April 2025
The Reserve Bank of Australia held the cash rate target at 4.10% on April 1, 2025, as expected.
What the RBA decided in April 2025
AUD/USD after the RBA decision, minute by minute
One-minute candles, Sydney time. The box is the hour before the announcement. How we measure.
- The hour beforeAUD/USD ranged 4.4 pips, from 0.62507 to 0.62551, and was at 0.62520 at the announcement.
- The first spike After 0 minutes price went through the hour's high and ran 9.0 pips past it.
- The close back A five-minute candle closed back inside the range after 10 minutes.
- The other side Price then traded through the opposite edge of the range within four hours.
- The moves From the last price before the announcement: +4.5 pips at 15 minutes, +1.1 pips at one hour, −6.3 pips at four hours.
Across 14 measured RBA decisions since January 2025, the first spike closed back inside the hour-before range within 60 minutes in 8 (57%), and in 7 of those price then took the other side within four hours. In the other 6 the first move held. Median move in the first 15 minutes: 20 pips.
This decision is one of the closed-back cases. Counts include the decisions where it did not close back. All RBA dates · RBA overview.
RBA April 2025 decision: questions
What time was the RBA interest rate decision on Apr 1, 2025?
It was announced at 2:30 PM Sydney (11:30 PM EDT New York, 4:30 AM London London), with the press conference at 3:30 PM Sydney.
What did the RBA decide in April 2025?
Held at 4.10% (previous 4.10%). Economists expected: hold at 4.10%, so the decision was as expected.
How did AUD/USD react to the RBA decision in April 2025?
On one-minute candles: the hour before ranged 4.4 pips; the first spike went above it by 9.0 pips; a five-minute candle closed back inside after 10 minutes; after one hour AUD/USD was +1.1 pips from its pre-announcement price.
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