Australia’s Reserve Bank December Rate Rise on Course

Australia’s Reserve Bank December Rate Rise on Course
A pedestrian moves past the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) building in Sydney, Australia, on Oct. 18, 2022. Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images
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All eyes will be on the Reserve Bank of Australia this week to see how it’s factoring in recent strong wages and jobs data, ahead of its next interest rate meeting in December.

At its board meeting earlier this month, the central bank floated the near term possibility of keeping the cash rate steady at 2.85 per cent up to Christmas to allow monetary policy tightenings to date to flow through the economy.