Full employment has not been achieved

Even though the unemployment rate has fallen to the Reserve Bank of Australia’s 5.0% estimate of the natural rate, the RBA will still want to see signs of much faster wage growth before it hikes interest rates. Our view that wage growth may not rise to 2.5% until 2020 suggests that the RBA may sit on its hands for another two years yet.

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