Australian Dollar weakened broadly during Asian session as its recent rally lost momentum. Despite RBA minutes revealing that a rate hike was considered earlier this month, which should have been supportive for the Aussie, this positive sentiment was countered by weak consumer sentiment readings. Additionally, Aussie seemed to be weighed down by a pullback in regional stock markets, particularly with the retreat in Hong Kong's HSI.
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Canadian Dollar sees a broad decline in early US session due to growing speculation about rate cut by BoC in the near future. April's headline CPI slowed as expected, despite a significant increase in gasoline prices. Core inflation measures also showed more progress in disinflation than anticipated. While it remains uncertain if this progress will be enough to prompt BoC to ease policy at next meeting, speculation is likely to intensify ahead of June 5 meeting.