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RBA gives bleak economic outlook

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... to pick up slightly in the near-term before declining to just 1.6% through to June 2028. "On the assumption that the cash rate follows the market path, Australian GDP growth is projected to pick up further in the near term, before declining to below ...

RBA overlooked government spending in rate hike: Hearing

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... driving inflation and interest rate decisions. The grilling came off the back of the Monetary Policy Board upping the cash rate target by 25 basis points to 3.85% on Tuesday. At a hearing of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics ...

RBA lifts the cash rate for first time since 2023

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has lifted the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 3.85% at its board first meeting in 2026. The RBA had either cut or kept the cash rate on hold for the past 17 consecutive meetings. In announcing the decision ...

Inflation 'uncomfortably high' as it rises to 3.8%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
... match for a rate rise at the February policy meeting. My base case is that the RBA will raise rates by 0.25%, taking the cash rate to 3.85%," he said. "What's more, if the March quarter 2026 CPI report is also firm (with trimmed mean quarterly inflation ...

Unemployment rate may tip the scale in favour of February RBA hike

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2026
... (CBA) also agreed that with evidence showing the labour market has tightened, the likelihood of the RBA increasing the cash rate to 3.85% in February has become more material. Sycamore added: "The RBA's key concern here will be that this tightness ...

Inflation pulls back in November

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... make. "The RBA will remain on high alert for the next few months. In Deloitte Access Economics' view, an increase in the cash rate in February would be premature for several reasons," Smith said. "Most importantly, confidently concluding that the economy ...

Rate hikes expected in 2026

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... February. Commonwealth Bank economist Ashwin Clarke said the bank has revised its forecasts, now expecting a 25 basis point cash rate rise in February. "Australia has ended 2025 in a cyclical upswing. While growth has improved, progress on inflation ...

An outlook for fixed income allocations in 2026

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 23 DEC 2025
... to the end of 2026," LaRusse said. In light of recent economic data and industry sentiment anticipating a rise in the cash rate for 2026, it stands as an opportune time to allocate towards fixed income securities, LaRusse added. Wood also outlined that ...

RBA hike may come as soon as February

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... may need to hike rates early next year does seem very premature." Robertson said the most likely outcome now for the cash rate in 2026 is no change at all, like 2024, but there is still a chance of movement in either direction after the RBA reconvenes ...

RBA opts to keep cash rate on hold

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
At its meeting yesterday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) reached a monetary policy decision to keep the cash rate unchanged at 3.6%. In explaining why, the board warned of possible rate rises in 2026 as it takes a more cautious response to inflationary ...