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Natural unemployment rate probably still at 4%

We still believe that the unemployment rate would have to fall to 4.0% to meet the RBA’s definition of full employment. With the actual unemployment rate now at 5.3% and rising, that means that the RBA has more work to do. We reiterate our forecast that rates will be cut to 0.5% by the end of the year.

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