Daily Management Review

Reserve Bank of Australia keeps key rate unchanged


04/04/2023


Having been increasing the rate at 10 meetings straight, the Reserve Bank of Australia finally kept its benchmark interest rate at 3.6 percent on Tuesday.



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The bank stated that more time was required to evaluate how the economy and inflation would be impacted by tighter financing conditions.

Following its April meeting, the RBA issued a statement cautioning that additional rate increases may very well be required to bring inflation back to the desired levels.

Markets had anticipated a break in the central bank's policy tightening cycle, and some experts did not completely rule out a rate increase given the high inflation rate.

source: reuters.com