# AUD/USD falls as US yield surge pressures risk-sensitive currencies against US dollar | IG AE

> The Australian dollar fell in Asian trade after US Treasury yields surged, with the five-year yield briefly above 3% for the first time since 2018. Gold and silver also declined, while Australian manufacturing and services PMIs stayed in expansion.

- Date: 2022-04-22 · published 2022-04-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/42096-aud-usd-falls-as-us-yield-surge-pressures-risk-sensitive-currencies-against-us
- Commodities: [Australian Dollar (USD per AUD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/AUDUSD.md), [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

Higher US yields draw capital toward dollar assets and pressure risk-sensitive currencies, which is a routine market move with no new feed supply or demand driver.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bullish ▲
- AUDUSD: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXY | 2023-02-16 | [EM currencies muted as dollar rises, Colombia's peso falls again](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37627-em-currencies-muted-as-dollar-rises-colombia-s-peso-falls-again.md) | +0.5% | +1.1% |
| DXY | 2024-03-24 | [EM currencies face pressure as Dollar strengthens; Colombian Peso gains  \| Republic World](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31472-em-currencies-face-pressure-as-dollar-strengthens-colombian-peso-gains-republic.md) | -0.1% | +1.6% |
| DXY | 2017-05-18 | [Dollar spikes against major currencies](https://feedsoft.ai/events/4359-dollar-spikes-against-major-currencies.md) | -0.1% | -0.8% |
| DXY | 2018-08-07 | [Ringgit to remain weaker as US dollar strengthens against most currencies \| Borneo Post Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63779-ringgit-to-remain-weaker-as-us-dollar-strengthens-against-most-currencies.md) | +1.4% | +1.4% |
| DXY | 2019-11-27 | [AUD/USD: Dollar Rallies As US GDP Beats Expectations - Currency Live](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56326-aud-usd-dollar-rallies-as-us-gdp-beats-expectations-currency-live.md) | -0.3% | -1.6% |

## Sources

- ig.com: https://www.ig.com/ae/news-and-trade-ideas/aud-usd-falls-as-us-yield-surge-pressures-risk-sensitive-currenc-220422

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