The Australian dollar has fallen Wednesday, buying 71.79 US cents from 71.90 US cents on Tuesday.
Yesterday, the local currency has sailed into choppy seas as sellers swamped Asian equity markets, but its US counterpart faced uncertainty of its own over interest rates.
As a result, the Aussie was actually a shade firmer on the US dollar at 71.89 US cents, but lost ground on the safe-haven yen to 80.83.