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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Gerard Cockburn

Rate pain will add more scrutiny to Labor's economic management

'It's likely that there will be more interest rate rises', Treasurer Jim Chalmers after the sixth consecutive cash rate rise | October 4, 2022 | ACM

The sixth consecutive rate rise by the Reserve Bank will place greater scrutiny on whether Labor's inaugural budget will be able to ease cost pressures facing Australian households.

On Tuesday, the RBA invoked another 25 basis points and brought the cash rate to 2.6 per cent, to try and curb soaring inflation, which is touted to rise to around 7.75 per cent by the December quarter.

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