Australian rate hike still a long way off

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left its policy rate at 2.5% today, and again made it clear that there will not be any changes in the near term. In fact, with mining investment set to fall and the broader economy struggling, we expect rates to be kept unchanged through to the end of 2015.

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