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RBA may be done and dusted on rates after ‘ugly’ inflation

The bond market has abandoned all hopes of an interest rate cut by the Reserve Bank of Australia until at least mid-2026 after a red-hot quarterly inflation number raised the possibility that the central bank could even be done and dusted this cycle

Investors were already bracing for a stronger number, but the data, which showed core inflation spiked to 1 per cent in the third quarter, came in well above the RBA’s own forecasts which prompted an immediate reaction in financial markets.

Source: https://www.afr.com/markets/debt-markets/rba-may-be-done-and-dusted-on-rates-after-ugly-inflation-20251028-p5n5zy