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No Christmas gift from the RBA, but rates to fall next year

Even though the Reserve Bank of Australia has now left interest rates on hold at 2.0% for seven meetings and appears to be going cold on the idea of further cuts, we still think that a weakening in the outlook for both activity and inflation will prompt the RBA to reduce rates to 1.5% next year.

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