RBA Interest Rate Decision, June 2026
The Reserve Bank of Australia held the cash rate target at 4.35% on June 16, 2026, as expected.
What the RBA decided in June 2026
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 15 pips, from 0.70496 to 0.70642, and was at 0.70540 at the announcement.
- The first spike After 0 minutes price went through the hour's low and ran 0.4 pips past it.
- The close back A five-minute candle closed back inside the range after 5 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: −4.6 pips at 15 minutes, −0.7 pips at one hour, +10 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 June 2026 decision: questions
What time was the RBA interest rate decision on Jun 16, 2026?
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 June 2026?
Held at 4.35% (previous 4.35%). Economists expected: hold at 4.35%, so the decision was as expected.
How did AUD/USD react to the RBA decision in June 2026?
On one-minute candles: the hour before ranged 15 pips; the first spike went below it by 0.4 pips; a five-minute candle closed back inside after 5 minutes; after one hour AUD/USD was −0.7 pips from its pre-announcement price.
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