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RBA Interest Rate Decision, December 2025

The Reserve Bank of Australia held the cash rate target at 3.60% on December 9, 2025, as expected.

Decision3.60%■ hold
Against expectedAs expectedexpected 3.60%
Previous3.60%cash rate target
AUD/USD one hour later +3.7 pips from the last price before
The result

What the RBA decided in December 2025

The move Hold Held at 3.60%.
Against expected No surprise Economists expected: hold at 3.60%. The decision was as expected.
Timing 2:30 PM Sydney Tuesday, December 9, 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 Dec 9, 2025 The hour before the 14:30 announcement ranged 6.9 pips. The first spike went below it by 15 pips, and a five-minute candle closed back inside after 25 minutes. 0.661 0.662 0.663 0.664 0.665 13:30 14:00 14:30 15:00 15:30 16:00 THE HOUR BEFORE RBA 14:30 PRESS CONF. Spike 0.66078 · 15 pips past the hour's low Closed back inside · 25 min
  1. The hour beforeAUD/USD ranged 6.9 pips, from 0.66233 to 0.66302, and was at 0.66272 at the announcement.
  2. The first spike After 0 minutes price went through the hour's low and ran 15 pips past it.
  3. The close back A five-minute candle closed back inside the range after 25 minutes.
  4. The other side Price then traded through the opposite edge of the range within four hours.
  5. The moves From the last price before the announcement: −12 pips at 15 minutes, +3.7 pips at one hour, +7.5 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, November 2025Held at 3.60% Next decision →RBA, February 2026Tue, Feb 3, 2:30 PM Sydney
Questions

RBA December 2025 decision: questions

What time was the RBA interest rate decision on Dec 9, 2025?

It was announced at 2:30 PM Sydney (10:30 PM EST New York, 3:30 AM London London), with the press conference at 3:30 PM Sydney.

What did the RBA decide in December 2025?

Held at 3.60% (previous 3.60%). Economists expected: hold at 3.60%, so the decision was as expected.

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

On one-minute candles: the hour before ranged 6.9 pips; the first spike went below it by 15 pips; a five-minute candle closed back inside after 25 minutes; after one hour AUD/USD was +3.7 pips from its pre-announcement price.

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