{
  "id": 10831975,
  "title": "Australian Dollar dives to six-month low vs Yen after Aussie CPI report, China PMIs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/australian-dollar-dives-to-six-month-low-vs-yen-after-aussie-cpi",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-30T01:49:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "FXStreet",
    "slug": "fxstreet",
    "url": "https://www.fxstreet.com/news/australian-dollar-dives-to-six-month-low-vs-yen-after-aussie-cpi-report-china-pmis-202609300149"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Australian Dollar plunged to a six-month low against the Japanese Yen following the release of Australia's Consumer Price Index (CPI) data. The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported a 0.4% increase in the headline CPI for August, down from 1% in July, while the annual rate jumped from 3.5% to 4%. The Trimmed Mean CPI remained steady at 3.6% year-over-year. These figures failed to encourage the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to consider further interest rate hikes, despite a mild-dovish stance from Governor Bullock at the post-meeting press conference. This led to a continued decline in the Australian Dollar and further downward pressure on the AUD/JPY exchange rate. Despite China's official Purchasing Managers' Index (PMIs) showing growth in both manufacturing and services sectors for September, it did not significantly boost the Australian Dollar. The Japanese Yen received support from potential intervention and hawkish Bank of Japan (BoJ) forecasts, while US President Donald Trump's concerns about the Yen's depreciation and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's response added to the currency's weakness. The BoJ's July minutes indicated a discussion on the need for more aggressive interest rate hikes, which bolstered expectations for another rate increase in October or December and further weakened the Australian Dollar.",
  "summary": "The AUD/JPY cross remains under heavy selling pressure for the second consecutive day, falling to a six-month low during the Asian session on Wednesday following the release of Australian consumer inflation figures.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "FXStreet",
        "title": "Australian Dollar struggles to gain traction despite solid Chinese PMI Data",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/australian-dollar-struggles-to-gain-traction-despite-solid-chinese",
        "published": "2026-09-30T02:01:33.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}