Ukraine crisis won’t prevent RBA from tightening

The conflict in Ukraine is lifting commodity prices. That will boost inflation in Australia as oil and gas prices rise. And we estimate that a sharp rise in energy prices will actually boost Australia's export earnings more than its import bill. While the economic boost from higher export earnings would be small, the further rise in inflation would only make the RBA more eager to hike rates.

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