Rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve and other central banks will create a near-irresistible pressure for Australia's Reserve Bank to follow, potentially very soon.
Rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve and other central banks will create a near-irresistible pressure for Australia's Reserve Bank to follow.. But if there was any doubt about what's going to happen to global interest rates, the US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell removed it on Saturday.from around the world , Powell declared the long-awaited US rate cuts were
My tip? Australians are likely to get a rate cut as soon as Melbourne Cup Day — Tuesday, November 5. Here's why.When the US Fed's rate-setting committee next meets on September 17 and 18, it looks certain to cut the US Federal Funds rate for the first time since it began lifting it in 2022.
Those are the parallels, and they are strong. So the arguments for cutting interest rates in the US apply here as well, even if the timing is different. Australia moved later than the US on the way up and will move later on the way down.
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