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Poppy Johnston

Rate hike case scuttled by improving inflation outlook

RBA board members say it's too soon to tell if there will be a turnaround in productivity growth. (Jane Dempster/AAP PHOTOS)

The Reserve Bank of Australia is growing more confident it can conquer inflation in the time-window it has given itself. 

Yet it's still too early for it to consider interest rate cuts, with board members  discussing another 25 basis point hike or leaving the key cash rate unchanged at 4.35 per cent at a meeting in February.

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