Australian Economy Australian interest rates

Economists still gung ho on Aussie interest rates

Thursday 25 August 2022

According to a new survey from The AFR, the average Australian economist is now tipping the official cash rate (OCR) to peak at 3.1%:

The average call among respondents was about 3.1 per cent…

But opinion differs about what that actually means for the cash rate, which was reflected in a snap poll of 20 leading economists on Friday.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.