A RBA rate hawk enters the room

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The minutes from the RBA’s February monetary policy meeting were released on Tuesday.

The key takeaways are that the RBA is highly uncertain about the outlook for inflation and interest rates:

“Members agreed that the prevailing uncertainties meant it was not possible to have a high degree of confidence in any particular path for the cash rate. They pointed to risks on both sides of the central projection for inflation”.

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About the author
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.