RBA to cut rates to 0.5% by year-end

The RBA cut interest rates to 0.75% as widely anticipated and we think it will lower rates to 0.5% by the end of the year. Rates approaching the zero lower bound will inevitably invite speculation about quantitative easing but the RBA’s forceful response has arguably reduced the chances of that happening.

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