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Inflation figures point to May rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN | WEDNESDAY, 30 APR 2025

... especially with tariff risks still looming globally," Chanana said. "The RBA will have to remain cautious, and while a May rate cut is fully priced in, expectations for five cuts this year may need to be revised down. This stickier inflation backdrop ...

RBA opens door to May rate cut

ELIZA BAVIN | WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board has indicated it is open to the consideration of an interest rate cut in May, as US President Donald Trump's tariffs place risks on the global economy. The RBA board minutes from the April meeting acknowledged ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2016

... earlier occasion the Index lifted by an impressive 8.5% from 95.1 to 103.2." Evans explained that this is because the May rate cut wasn't expected; lenders passed on the full 25 bps reduction; and, the consumer confidence index had a lower starting point ...

Market wrap

AAP | WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015

... biggest influence on the market today, in particular among the banks," he said. "It seems the market is not expecting a May rate cut. It may be pushed back to June or July." He said currency fluctuations were battering healthcare stocks with the sector ...

Go flip a coin

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015

... target band - give or take. So maybe, maybe not or... I don't know. The same odds that financial markets have given a May rate cut after they saw the latest inflation numbers -- a 50/50 chance... a flip of a coin. Seems the majority doesn't want to make ...

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