Aussie climbs for first session in four

Australian dollar tilted higher in Asian trade off January 4 lows for another session against its US counterpart, in a day that lacks major data releases from both economies. 

As of 02:53 GMT, AUD/USD rose 0.45% to 0.7100, with an intraday high at 0.7108, and a low at 0.7085. 

Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman is due to speak at the Annual American Bankers Association Conference for Community Bankers, in San Diego, later today, a day before Fed Chair Jerome Powell delivers a speech tomorrow titled "Economic Development in High Poverty Rural Communities" at the Hope Enterprise Corporation Rural Policy Forum, in Mississippi.