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Emergency RBA rate cut could cause panic

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Original article by Matthew CranstonJack Quail
The Australian – Page: 4 : 9-Apr-25

The Reserve Bank of Australia is believed to have ruled out an emergency board meeting in response to the global financial market turmoil in the wake of the Trump administration’s tariffs policy. Former RBA governor Bernie Fraser has advocated bringing forward the next board meeting to reduce the cash rate by 50 basis points. However, the RBA is expected to retain its existing schedule, with its next board meeting to be held on 19-20 May. Harvey Norman’s chairman Gerry Harvey contends that a large interest rate cut is not necessary and would merely weigh on financial market and consumer sentiment.

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RBA could cut to 0.5 per cent

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Original article by Sarah TurnerMatthew Cranston
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 8 : 30-May-19

Financial markets have priced in an 86 per cent chance that the Reserve Bank of Australia will reduce the cash rate by 25 basis points in June, for the first time since August 2016. Aberdeen Standard Investments’ Jason Kururangi and mortgage broker Ben Kingsley argue that banks should pass most if not all of the likely reduction on to customers. Meanwhile, Sally Auld of JPMorgan forecasts that the RBA will ease monetary policy four times by mid-2020, reducing the cash rate to 0.5 per cent.

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RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIAABERDEEN STANDARD INVESTMENTS AUSTRALIA LIMITEDJP MORGAN AUSTRALIA LIMITEDRATECITY PTY LTDCOMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA – ASX CBAWESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION – ASX WBCAUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED – ASX ANZMORGAN STANLEY AUSTRALIA LIMITEDBANK OF AMERICA AUSTRALIA LIMITEDMERRILL LYNCH (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTDRESERVE BANK OF NEW ZEALANDLOAN DOLPHIN