RBA rate warning

Glenn Stevens is warning inflation may still get out of control, and that a short- to- medium term interest rate rise is still on the agenda.

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Despite the latest consumer sentiment read coming in at a two year low, the Reserve Bank Governor used a speech in Sydney to clarify comments made directly following the board's decision to leave interest rates on hold earlier this month.

ANZ is expecting core inflation to come in at 0.7% when the CPI figures are out in late July, and at that level, it's enough to get the RBA over the line for an August rate rise.


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By Ricardo Goncalves
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