Dollar overvaluation won’t provoke rate cut, says NAB

Original article by Jessica Sier, Mark Mulligan
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 26 : 27-Apr-16

The Australian dollar has risen by more than 12 per cent since mid-January 2016. National Australia Bank’s Rodrigo Catril says the currency may be approaching previous levels at which the Reserve Bank had expressed "discomfort". The central bank responded to these concerns by reducing the cash rate, but NAB does not believe that the dollar’s current level will be sufficiently high for the RBA to cut interest rates in May. The latest inflation and jobs data will also influence the RBA’s monetary policy decision.

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