Economic calendar / RBA interest rate decision
RBA interest rate decision
The Reserve Bank of Australia's cash rate decision, with a media conference an hour later.
Who watches it
AUD pairs (AUD/USD), ASX 200.
Official schedule
Dates and times come from the Reserve Bank of Australia. See the source.
Prop firm news rules for this release
- FTMO: on FTMO's restricted list (Cash Rate & RBA Statement). On a funded Standard account, no opening or closing on forex pairs with AUD from 2 minutes before to 2 minutes after; stop loss and take profit fills count. Challenge, Verification and Swing accounts: no restriction.
- FundingPips (2-Step Standard, funded): listed in its AUD announcements reference. When its dashboard calendar tags the release Restricted, profits of AUD trades opened or closed from 5 minutes before to 5 minutes after are deducted, unless opened 5 hours or more before.
- FundedNext (funded): if it is a listed high-impact release, only 40% of the profit from AUD-correlated trades executed 5 minutes before to 5 minutes after counts.
- The5ers (High Stakes): if it is high-impact (red folder) on Forex Factory, no order in the related currency or index may execute from 2 minutes before to 2 minutes after.
The four firms' news rules, quoted from their own pages (read October 9, 2026).
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Every scheduled date
| Date | Time (ET) | Your time |
|---|---|---|
| Tue, May 5, 2026 | 12:30 a.m. | |
| Tue, Jun 16, 2026 | 12:30 a.m. | |
| Tue, Aug 11, 2026 | 12:30 a.m. |
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Questions
When is the next RBA interest rate decision?
The next RBA interest rate decision is on Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at 12:30 a.m. ET (04:30 UTC), according to the official schedule published by the Reserve Bank of Australia.
What time is the RBA released?
12:30 a.m. ET, which is 04:30 UTC.
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