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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Peter Hannam Economics correspondent

RBA says slowing economy and acute pressure on household budgets behind interest rate pause

Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Philip Lowe speaks to incoming RBA governor Michele Bullock during his last parliamentary appearance last week.
Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe and the incoming RBA governor, Michele Bullock, during his last parliamentary appearance last week. Minutes of the latest meeting on interest rates show the bank paused further rises because of a slowing economy and pressure on households. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Slowing economic growth helping to drag inflation down and a recognition that some households faced “acute financial challenges” were among the reasons the Reserve Bank left interest rates on hold earlier this month.

Minutes from the RBA’s August meeting, released on Tuesday, showed the board viewed the risks facing the economy as “broadly balanced” between allowing inflation to remain too high for too long or slowing the economy too hard.

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