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Jacob Shteyman

Calls mount for RBA to intervene with jumbo rate cut

Market pricing indicates near-certainty the Reserve Bank will cut interest rates as US tariffs bite. (Ben Symons/AAP PHOTOS)

Odds are shortening for the Reserve Bank to cut rates by 50 basis points at its next meeting as global financial turmoil weighs heavily on Australians.

Though most economists do not view an Australian recession as a realistic chance, the prospect of lower growth and higher unemployment as a result of US President Donald Trump's tariffs has raised expectations of an outsized RBA cut.

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