RBA Kent: Cash Rate Setting Aims At Delivering Appropriate Financ...

--Cash rate adjustment ultimately aimed at right financial conditions setting
--Neutral rate estimates form only part of our assessment of financial conditions
--Cash rate vs neutral, financial indicators, RBA forecasts help judgment...

RBA Hunter: Productivity Assumption Material Risk For Monetary Po...

--Productivity outlook is one of the “material” risks to both sides of Aug forecasts
--Continually reassess econ outlook; adjust policy as appropriate as new info comes to hand
--Actively analysing if labour mkt, econ con...

RBA Minutes: Reassessment Of Econ Balance Points To Hold in Nov

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--Combination of higher inflation and stable labour mkt implies assumption about demand/supply balance was incorrect
--Recent information showed Chinese mkt mome...

RBA External Board Members Allowed to Share Own Views

By Sophia Rodrigues

(Sydney, September 22, 2025) – The external members of the RBA’s Monetary Policy Board are allowed to share their own views but are generally expected to convey the Board’s collective position when i...

RBA Hauser: FX Hedging Activity Could Jump As Super Funds Manage...

By Sophia Rodrigues

(Sydney, September 16, 2025) – There’s good news in store for the foreign-exchange market in terms of more activity as superannuation funds increase their forex hedge book, Reserve Bank Deputy Governor And...

RBA Minutes: Pace Of Further Rate Cuts Could Be Gradual Or Slight...

--Staff forecasts conditional on rate cut at meeting and somewhat further thereafter
--Total 80bps of cash rate cuts over coming year, including at meeting, factored in forecast
--Gradual reduction pace as labour market conditions a...