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Does the absence of an easing bias rule out more rate cuts?

The surprising lack of an easing bias in the minutes from the Reserve Bank of Australia’s June policy meeting could be interpreted as a signal that interest rates have reached a floor. However, we don’t think that this is the case and still believe that rates will be cut to 1.5% in August, and possibly as low as 1.0% next year.

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