The RBA finetunes the cash rate

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) raised rates last week as was broadly expected – but not everything they said was fully anticipated. They remain incredibly reticent to give guidance, emphasising the large range of possible outcomes for the next year. One more rise is quite likely, but this isn’t like the old cycles used to be. In this article we further discuss the RBA rate outlook.

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