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Odds of fifth interest rate hike this year shorten as RBA deputy warns inflation outlook ‘worsening’

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Andrew Hauser says central bank faces ‘hard choices’ as it looks to balance risks of entrenched inflation with desire to protect labour market Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The chance of a fifth interest rate hike on Melbourne Cup day has jumped after Andrew Hauser, the Reserve Bank’s deputy governor, warned of “hard choices” amid a “materially worse” inflation outlook. Hauser, speaking at an investment bank conference in Sydney on Wednesday morning, said the RBA monetary policy board members were juggling a slowing economy with fears that Australians were starting to lose faith in the central bank’s ability to bring inflation back to the 2.5% target. Continue reading...

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Andrew Hauser says central bank faces ‘hard choices’ as it looks to balance risks of entrenched inflation with desire to protect labour market Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The chance of a fifth interest rate…

Source: The Guardian

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12 out of 100

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