# AUD/USD Intermarket: Focus on AU-US 10-yr yield spread, commodity prices — Octa

> AUD/USD rallied from a December 23 low of 0.7160 to a January 24 high of 0.7609 while the Australia-US 10-year yield spread stayed near 0.34. The spread dipped to 0.30 after a weak Australian CPI release that raised odds of an RBA rate cut.

- Date: 2017-01-25 · published 2017-01-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73237-aud-usd-intermarket-focus-on-au-us-10-yr-yield-spread-commodity-prices-octa
- Commodities: [Australian Dollar (USD per AUD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/AUDUSD.md)

## Why it matters

The analysis ties the Aussie to iron ore, gold and copper prices, so a drop in those metals would pressure the currency, with limited direct effect on feed commodities.

## Read by commodity

- AUDUSD: neutral

## Sources

- octaafrica.net: https://www.octaafrica.net/markets/news/view/404531/

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