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Jacob Shteyman

Hopes RBA won't repeat shock rates hold as board meets

Home owners are banking on an interest rate cut when the RBA meets. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Markets are almost certain the Reserve Bank of Australia will cut interest rates at its August meeting despite the board facing an increasingly uncertain environment.

Benign quarterly inflation figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in July should convince the board to cut the cash rate in a two-day meeting that starts on Monday, AMP deputy chief economist Diana Mousina said.

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