The RBA has moved closer to our view that the natural unemployment may be as low as 4.0%. That means unemployment would need to fall considerably before wage pressures begin to emerge. And we think the unemployment rate is more likely to rise this year than to fall. That’s why we expect the RBA to cut rates to 0.75% before the end of the year.
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