# USD to AUD Forecast: Why The US Dollar Is Strengthening Against The Australian Dollar

> The Australian dollar has weakened against the US dollar this year despite seven rate hikes by the Reserve Bank of Australia. Analysts cite a downgraded economic outlook, exposure to a slowing China, commodity price swings and Australian inflation at its highest since the 1990s.

- Date: 2022-12-27 · published 2022-12-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Australia · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/38485-usd-to-aud-forecast-why-the-us-dollar-is-strengthening-against-the-australian
- Commodities: [Australian Dollar (USD per AUD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/AUDUSD.md), [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

A weaker Australian dollar tends to make Australian grain and meal more competitive on world markets, while a firmer US dollar generally pressures dollar-denominated commodity prices.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bullish ▲
- AUDUSD: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXY | 2024-10-25 | [US dollar forecast to continue strengthening against dong](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28167-us-dollar-forecast-to-continue-strengthening-against-dong.md) | +0.2% | +2.4% |
| DXY | 2023-06-01 | [Why is the US dollar so strong again?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35846-why-is-the-us-dollar-so-strong-again.md) | -0.9% | -1.2% |
| DXY | 2025-02-01 | [Why rupee breached 86 against US dollar: strengthening dollar, weak FII inflows](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26786-why-rupee-breached-86-against-us-dollar-strengthening-dollar-weak-fii-inflows.md) | -0.0% | -0.6% |
| DXY | 2017-01-13 | [CBA's Australian Dollar Forecasts 2017: USD to Rule but AUD to Advance on EUR, GBP](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73255-cba-s-australian-dollar-forecasts-2017-usd-to-rule-but-aud-to-advance-on-eur-gbp.md) | -0.5% | -1.2% |
| DXY | 2022-07-29 | [The strengthening of the U.S. dollar against the Latin American currencies - Latinoamérica 21](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40785-the-strengthening-of-the-u-s-dollar-against-the-latin-american-currencies.md) | -0.2% | +0.8% |

## Sources

- forbes.com: https://www.forbes.com/advisor/money-transfer/usd-aud-forecast/

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