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Market pricing on RBA still too optimistic

The rapid rebound in activity from the recent lockdowns coupled with a further pick-up in underlying inflation should prompt the Reserve Bank of Australia to taper its bond purchases in February and to end them in August. However, we believe that the financial markets are too optimistic about both the timing and the scale of rate hikes.

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