Goldman doubles down on Aussie rate hikes

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From the AFR comes the always excellent Tim Toohey:

The probability the Reserve Bank of Australia raises interest rates in November this year is “somewhere in the 40s and rising” according to Goldman Sachs, which forecasts New Zealand rates to rise at the same time.

…”You’ve got to wonder why people are still looking for multiple rate cuts,” he said on Thursday, citing financial conditions in Australia which he described as “an environment we think is actually the most expansionary for a considerable period”.

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.