We were right to suggest that, while leaving interest rates on hold at 2.0% today, the Reserve Bank of Australia would use the policy statement to try to talk the dollar down. Whether or not this will work is another matter. In the financial markets, actions usually speak louder than words. We still believe that the RBA will have to cut interest rates again this year, perhaps to 1.5%.
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