There were no major data releases from Australia on Friday. "Reaction to the FOMC's more cautious tone and downshift in its 2016 interest rate projects has continued to weigh on the U.S. dollar," Commonwealth Bank of Australia senior currency strategist Elias Haddad said. U.S. dollar weakness helped boost key commodities overnight, supporting the local unit. However, a strong Aussie dollar could hurt the growing services and tourism sectors, but also the Reserve Bank of Australia's inflation forecasts, leading to expectations of a rate cut. "The RBA emphasized that inflation is likely to be the main driver of any further rate cuts in their minutes released on Tuesday," IG market analyst Angus Nicholson said.