Commentary on Reserve Bank Board Interest Rate Decision - 7 February 2022 On 7 February, Australia had its own version of Groundhog Day with the RBA Board increasing the official interest rates by 25 bps to 3.35 percent. It was the ninth increase in...
Learn morePositive economic results in December makes for a complex picture going forward. Central banks have seen enough of a slowdown in inflation to moderate their rate rises, but not enough of a slowdown in their economies to stop raising rates in Q1. Further...
Learn moreOn 6 December, the RBA Board increased the official interest rates by 25 bps to 3.10 percent. The RBA remains committed to increasing interest rates as high as needed to bring down domestic demand to a more “sustainable balance”. While t...
Learn moreOn 1 November, the RBA Board increased interest rates by 25 bps. They still expect inflation to peak around 8 percent later this year but they are hoping that strong domestic demand and a tight labour market will moderate so that they won’t have t...
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