March rate rise on the cards after Bullock’s reality check

Bond traders have ramped up their bets for another interest rate increase in Australia this month after Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock issued a warning to the market that every policy decision was “on the table”.

Speaking at The Australian Financial Review Business Summit on Tuesday, the RBA chief pushed back against the market’s long held assumption that the board would probably wait for fresh quarterly inflation data before acting again.

Source: https://www.afr.com/business-summit/march-rate-rise-on-the-cards-after-bullock-s-reality-check-20260303-p5o6zu