Why Rate Cuts Won’t Come Soon To Australia...

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Sep 01 2024 | 00:13:07

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Show Notes

Markets have reduced their expectation of a cash rate cut this year following key data at home and in the US suggests both economies were still on solid footing despite elevated inflation and decade-high borrowing costs. Now Australian money markets are no longer fully pricing in an interest rate cut this year, implying an 85 per cent probability of an easing, against 118 per cent on Tuesday. Actually, in Australia, money markets are pricing in two to three rate cuts by early April and this dialling back came after the monthly consumer price index indicator for July, released on Wednesday, […]

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