The Australian dollar has come under renewed selling pressure, further complicating the Reserve Bank of Australia’s effort to get inflation back under control, which has already pushed borrowing costs to the highest in 18 years.
The Aussie hit a fresh seven-month low overnight after a senior US Federal Reserve official warned that a supersized half of one percentage point interest rate increase may be on the table next month should inflation in America remain too high.
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