The Australian dollar fell on Wednesday, despite the release of upbeat economic data.
The US Federal Reserve will unveil its rate decisions later today, amid broad expectation to keep the interest rates unchanged at 0.25%, and will be followed by a press conference from Fed's Chair Jerome Powell.
The Australian consumer price index rose 0.9% in December, beating forecasts of 0.7%.
The core CPI reading (excluding the most volatile of items) rose by 0.4% in December, which was on par analysts' forecasts.
As of 18:00 GMT, AUD/USD fell 0.7% to 0.7699, after hitting a high of 0.7763, and a low of 0.7645.