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As anticipated the Reserve Bank board maintained the official cash rate at 0.10% today. Despite the economic handbrake from the latest round of COVID-19 lockdowns, some economists are speculating that the RBA has underestimated the strength of the economic recovery, leading to predications that rates will start to increase towards…

The RBA held its monthly board meeting today and as expected, maintained the cash rate at 0.10%. As a sign the economy is growing at a healthy but controlled pace, the RBA is heavily focused on restoring inflation to within its 2-3% target range. The recently released March quarter consumer…

The RBA met today and as predicted by most economic experts left the cash rate at 0.10%. The RBA has previously stated that it does not expect rates to increase until it sees sustained wage growth and inflation returning to within its target range of 2-3%. With growing speculation that…

The RBA met today, leaving the cash rate at 0.10%, in line with their previous guidance that they expected rates to remain unchanged for some time. The market has been speculating that rates may rise as early as late next year based on optimism around the vaccine rollout, surging iron…