If the RBA hiked rates by nearly 200bp as the financial markets were anticipating until recently, households’ debt servicing burden would hit an all-time high and housing would become the least affordable since the global financial crisis. That would slow the recovery in consumption and could prove a formidable headwind to the housing market. The upshot is that the Bank will tread more cautiously.
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