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Australian Dollar is staying the day’s top performer, rallying after the RBA kept its cash rate unchanged but leaned hawkish in tone. Later at the press conference, Governor Michele Bullock avoided any firm guidance on future cuts, telling reporters she would not “predict what the interest rate is going to be in the next three […]

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