Economists predict RBA board will hike cash rate to 4.1% next week as inflation climbs and energy costs surge
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Millions of Australians could be hit with the twin blow of soaring petrol prices and higher mortgage repayments amid rising expectations that the US-Israel war on Iran will force the Reserve Bank to hike rates on Tuesday.
A growing number of economists predict that the RBA board will increase the cash rate to 4.1% at the conclusion of its upcoming two-day meeting, after the central bank’s deputy governor, Andrew Hauser, said data had “confirmed even more decisively … that our economy currently has limited spare capacity”.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/11/australia-petrol-prices-rba-interest-rate-rise-inflation
Author : Patrick Commins Economics editor
Publish date : 2026-03-11 02:53:00
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