# AUD/USD: Trade Optimism & Forecast Beating NFP - Currency Live

> The Australian dollar rallied to about US$0.6840 after China signaled it would waive tariffs on some US soybean and pork shipments. US November non-farm payrolls also beat forecasts at 266,000 jobs.

- Date: 2019-12-06 · published 2019-12-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/55814-aud-usd-trade-optimism-and-forecast-beating-nfp-currency-live
- Commodities: [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md), [Australian Dollar (USD per AUD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/AUDUSD.md)

## Why it matters

China's tariff waivers on US soybeans and pork support US feed demand expectations, while the strong US jobs data lifts the dollar, a mixed signal for feed prices.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bullish ▲
- SOY: bullish ▲
- AUDUSD: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2025-11-01 | [US dollar slips as trade optimism boosts risk appetite](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22637-us-dollar-slips-as-trade-optimism-boosts-risk-appetite.md) | +0.2% | +2.6% |
| SOY | 2019-12-27 | [Trade optimism puts floor on dollar/yen, boosts Aussie \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55794-trade-optimism-puts-floor-on-dollar-yen-boosts-aussie-financial-post.md) | -0.8% | -4.3% |
| SOY | 2019-11-01 | [Dollar drops on mixed data, trade optimism](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56260-dollar-drops-on-mixed-data-trade-optimism.md) | +0.9% | -4.4% |
| SOY | 2025-10-31 | [AUD/USD weakens to near 0.6540 as US Dollar trades firmly](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22663-aud-usd-weakens-to-near-0-6540-as-us-dollar-trades-firmly.md) | +0.0% | +4.3% |
| SOY | 2026-01-28 | [AUD/USD Outlook: US Dollar Unwind Hands the Baton to Australia CPI \| Investing.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21320-aud-usd-outlook-us-dollar-unwind-hands-the-baton-to-australia-cpi-investing-com.md) | -0.1% | +7.6% |
| 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% |
| DXY | 2025-07-31 | [USD/JPY: Yen falls post BoJ and Fed meetings - Currency Live](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24005-usd-jpy-yen-falls-post-boj-and-fed-meetings-currency-live.md) | -0.7% | -0.6% |
| DXY | 2018-03-02 | [Optimism for USD – Nomura — Octa](https://feedsoft.ai/events/66194-optimism-for-usd-nomura-octa.md) | -0.6% | -0.8% |

## Sources

- currencylive.com: https://currencylive.com/news/101708-aud-usd-trade-optimism-forecast-beating-nfp/

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