We suspect that the sharp fall in underlying inflation in the first quarter will be enough to prompt the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to cut interest rates to 1.25% on Tuesday 7th May. And given that we expect the labour market to start slackening soon, we think rates will fall to 0.75% by year-end.
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