RBA set to celebrate two years on hold

Original article by Patrick Commins
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 5 : 6-Aug-18

The Reserve Bank of Australia has left the cash rate unchanged at 1.5 per cent since August 2016, and the central bank is widely tipped to maintain the status quo at its board meeting on 7 August 2018. Bond traders have priced in a 20 per cent chance of a rate rise by the end of 2018, and an 80 per cent chance by mid-2019. The RBA has previously signalled that interest rates are likely to remain on hold until signs of wages growth emerge, and analysts generally believe that there will need to be upward pressure on wages for the unemployment rate to fall below five per cent.

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