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RBA Interest Rate Decision, August 2025

The Reserve Bank of Australia lowered the cash rate target 25 bp to 3.60% on August 12, 2025, as expected.

Decision3.60%▼ cut −25 bp
Against expectedAs expectedexpected 3.60%
Previous3.85%cash rate target
AUD/USD one hour later −13 pips from the last price before
The result

What the RBA decided in August 2025

The move −25 bp Cut 25 bp to 3.60%, from 3.85%.
Against expected No surprise Economists expected: cut 25 bp to 3.60%. The decision was as expected.
Timing 2:30 PM Sydney Tuesday, August 12, 2025; press conference at 3:30 PM Sydney.
What price did

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.

AUD/USD one-minute chart around the Reserve Bank of Australia decision of Aug 12, 2025 The hour before the 14:30 announcement ranged 13 pips. The first spike went below it by 12 pips, and a five-minute candle closed back inside after 20 minutes. 0.650 0.651 0.652 13:30 14:00 14:30 15:00 15:30 16:00 16:30 THE HOUR BEFORE RBA 14:30 PRESS CONF. Spike 0.64993 · 12 pips past the hour's low Closed back inside · 20 min
  1. The hour beforeAUD/USD ranged 13 pips, from 0.65114 to 0.65242, and was at 0.65117 at the announcement.
  2. The first spike After 0 minutes price went through the hour's low and ran 12 pips past it.
  3. The close back A five-minute candle closed back inside the range after 20 minutes.
  4. The other side Price did not trade through the opposite edge within four hours.
  5. The moves From the last price before the announcement: −0.4 pips at 15 minutes, −13 pips at one hour, −18 pips at four hours.
For context

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.

← Previous decisionRBA, July 2025Held at 3.85% Next decision →RBA, September 2025Tue, Sep 30, 2:30 PM Sydney
Questions

RBA August 2025 decision: questions

What time was the RBA interest rate decision on Aug 12, 2025?

It was announced at 2:30 PM Sydney (12:30 AM EDT New York, 5:30 AM London London), with the press conference at 3:30 PM Sydney.

What did the RBA decide in August 2025?

Cut 25 bp to 3.60% (previous 3.85%). Economists expected: cut 25 bp to 3.60%, so the decision was as expected.

How did AUD/USD react to the RBA decision in August 2025?

On one-minute candles: the hour before ranged 13 pips; the first spike went below it by 12 pips; a five-minute candle closed back inside after 20 minutes; after one hour AUD/USD was −13 pips from its pre-announcement price.

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