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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Peter Hannam

Inflation will decline faster than previously forecast as Australian economy slows, RBA says

Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe had previously said he did not expect interest rates to rise until 2025, but inflation rose faster and higher than forecast. Photograph: Matt Jelonek/AAP

Australia’s near-term inflation should decline faster than previously predicted as wage growth “momentum” eases and the economy slows but avoids a technical recession, the Reserve Bank said in its latest quarterly statement on monetary policy.

The forecasts, released on Friday, are likely to foster expectations the RBA is close to if not at the end of its record pace of interest rate rises that began last May.

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