Will the Australian dollar keep rising in 2026? 3 factors to watch in the new year
- Written by Isaac Gross, Lecturer in Economics, Monash University
After several years of steadily declining, the Australian dollar staged a meaningful recovery in 2025, culminating in a two-cent rally over the past month.
Since the start of the year, the value of the Australian dollar has risen by more than 6% against the US dollar, reversing a sizeable chunk of the falls that occurred through 2022–24.
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