An RBA Rate Hike Is Baked In, Despite A Slight Rise In The Unemployment Rate!

September 24, 2026 • 00:19:26
An RBA Rate Hike Is Baked In, Despite A Slight Rise In The Unemployment Rate!
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An RBA Rate Hike Is Baked In, Despite A Slight Rise In The Unemployment Rate!

Sep 24 2026 | 00:19:26

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Australia is stuck with rising unemployment, sticky inflation and poor productivity. After several years of prioritising its full-employment mandate, it appears that the Reserve Bank of Australia is now choosing to focus on returning inflation to target even if it comes at the cost of an economic downturn or even a recession. Economists will argue that the alternative, unanchored inflation, would be worse. Up to this point, it appears in the post-pandemic era the RBA has been more focused on full employment than getting inflation back to target. You might sheet that to the RBA’s chosen response to the incoming economic […]
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